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Maintenance Engineer

Job Posted: 7 days ago

Salary: £ 43,000 - 48,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Thurmaston, Leicestershire

Expire in: 20 days

Job Description

We are currently supporting a well-established manufacturing business based in Thurmaston, Leicester who are looking to add an electrically biased Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to their engineering team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a stable, well-invested manufacturing site where engineers are trusted to take ownership of maintenance and improvement activities across the plant.

The role operates on a double days shift pattern (6am–2pm / 2pm–10pm) with one week of nights every five weeks. The night shift week consists of four x 8-hour shifts, providing a balanced and manageable rotation.

The Role

You will be responsible for supporting the site through a mixture of reactive maintenance, planned preventative maintenance and continuous improvement activity.

Working closely with production teams, you will play a key role in ensuring machinery uptime and driving reliability across the facility.

Typical responsibilities include:

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    Electrical and mechanical fault finding on manufacturing equipment

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    Supporting PPM schedules and planned engineering work

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    Diagnosing faults on motors, sensors, drives, relays and control systems

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    Working with production teams to minimise downtime and improve performance

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    Supporting continuous improvement and reliability initiatives across the site

What We’re Looking For

We’re keen to speak with engineers who have experience within manufacturing or production environments, ideally with a strong electrical skillset.

You will ideally have:

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    Experience fault finding on three-phase electrical systems

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    Strong problem-solving ability within a fast-paced manufacturing environment

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    A proactive attitude towards maintenance and reliability

Electrical qualifications such as NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds / HNC or equivalent would be advantageous.

What’s On Offer

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    £48,000 basic salary

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    Structured shift pattern with limited nights

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    Stable manufacturing environment

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    Opportunity to join a well-established engineering team

If you would like to find out more about the opportunity, please apply or get in touch for a confidential conversation

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