Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer North Bristol £53,500 + Weekly Pay + Paid Breaks + Excellent Benefits The Opportunity This is an opportunity to join a large, well-invested manufacturing business that continues to invest heavily in its engineering function, equipment and people.

The site is a technically interesting manufacturing operation with a strong engineering team and an excellent reputation for staff retention. Alongside supporting day-to-day production, the engineering department plays an active role in driving reliability improvements, continuous improvement projects and group-wide engineering initiatives.

If you're the type of engineer who enjoys getting to the root cause of problems rather than simply replacing parts, this could be an excellent opportunity. The Role Working as part of a multi-skilled engineering team, you'll be responsible for planned preventative maintenance, reactive breakdown support and continuous improvement across a varied manufacturing plant.

You'll be involved in maintaining and improving a broad range of equipment including: Process plant and production machinery Pumps, valves and pipework Steam and heating systems Conveyors and automated equipment Three-phase motors and motor control systems Sensors, relays, contactors and control panels Variable speed drives and electrical fault finding Bearings, gearboxes, chains, sprockets and mechanical power transmission Hydraulic and pneumatic systems PLC-controlled equipment Beyond day-to-day maintenance, you'll also contribute to: Root cause analysis and reliability improvements Planned engineering projects Equipment upgrades and modifications Continuous improvement initiatives Supporting wider group engineering and reliability programmes Improving plant performance, efficiency and equipment availability This is an environment where engineers are encouraged to challenge recurring issues, recommend improvements and play an active part in developing engineering standards across the wider business.

Shift Pattern 12-hour rotating shift pattern (days and nights) One full week off within each rotation (rota will be provided upon application) Excellent work-life balance What's on Offer Salary of around £53,500 Weekly pay Paid breaks Company pension Generous holiday allowance Ongoing technical training and development Investment in engineering and manufacturing technology Long-term career progression within a large multi-site manufacturing group Opportunity to contribute to wider engineering and reliability projects across the business About You We're keen to hear from maintenance engineers who enjoy fault finding and improving equipment reliability.

You'll ideally have experience working within a manufacturing, production, process or automated engineering environment and be confident fault finding across both electrical and mechanical systems. Whether your experience comes from FMCG, packaging, aerospace, automotive, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, building products or another manufacturing sector, we'd be interested in hearing from you if you enjoy solving problems and making equipment perform at its best.

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