Engineer

Overview

Join Elis as an Engineer at the Merton site to help keep our operation safe, reliable and efficient. You will work in a busy engineering team within a fast-paced production environment, performing planned and reactive maintenance, fault-finding and remedial works. You’ll collaborate with production and site colleagues to reduce downtime and improve equipment performance, while maintaining high safety standards. The role offers development opportunities across Elis with international exposure and a culture that values your ideas.

Pay / Benefits

• 29 days’ annual leave
• Company pension
• Investment in development and training
• Genuine career progression
• Long-term stability
• Employee Assistance Programme

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventive and reactive maintenance across site machinery, equipment and infrastructure to maximise reliability and minimise downtime
• Diagnose mechanical and electrical faults, identify root causes and implement safe, effective repairs
• Maintain assets and site infrastructure to high standards for efficiency
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, efficiency and site performance
• Build relationships with Production and other site teams and communicate engineering needs
• Ensure activities comply with Health & Safety requirements and engineering standards
• Complete inspections, PPM records and engineering documentation using our CMMS
• Contribute to equipment upgrades, remedial works and wider engineering projects

Key requirements

• Around 3 years engineering experience in manufacturing, production or process-driven environments
• Strong practical mechanical and electrical engineering skills
• Experience with electrical circuits, pneumatics and hydraulics
• Logical fault-finding ability and the ability to interpret engineering drawings and schematics
• Self-motivated with decision-making ability and quick reaction to operational needs
• Safety-first mindset and understanding of safe engineering practices
• Strong communication and teamwork skills across Engineering, Production and site colleagues
• Attention to detail in maintaining PPM records and CMMS documentation
• Willingness to travel to other Elis locations or training facilities when required
• problem-solving mindset
• team collaboration
• clear communication
• fault-finding (mechanical and electrical)
• PPM/maintenance planning
• CMMS documentation

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