Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Location: Sedgefield, TS21 3EE  
Salary: Competitive, DOE 
Contract: Full-time, Permanent 

Keep our operation running at its best! 

We’re looking for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to keep our production equipment safe, reliable and performing at its best. You’ll be hands-on, solving mechanical and electrical faults, driving preventative maintenance and helping us continuously improve how we operate.

What you'll be doing

•  Deliver planned and reactive maintenance across production equipment and site services.
•  Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical breakdowns to minimise downtime.
•  Use root cause analysis to prevent recurring faults and improve equipment reliability.
•  Support installations, modifications and improvement projects.
•  Maintain accurate engineering records and ensure work meets H&S, GMP, Quality and BRC standards.
•  Work closely with Production, Quality and Operations to keep performance on track.
•  Identify opportunities to reduce downtime, waste, energy use and maintenance costs.
•  Maintain high standards of 5S, housekeeping and engineering best practice.

What you'll bring

•  Recognised Electrical, Mechanical or Multi-Skilled Engineering qualification, or equivalent practical experience.
•  Manufacturing maintenance experience with strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills.
•  Experience with both PPM and reactive maintenance.
•  Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis ability.
•  Good understanding of safe systems of work and engineering standards.
•  A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to work under pressure and as part of a team.

PLC fault-finding, CMMS, FMCG/packaging experience and Lean/Continuous Improvement knowledge would be an advantage.

If you're a practical, solutions-focused engineer who wants to make a real impact on reliability, uptime and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

No agencies please.