Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Our client is an established packaging manufacturer, producing innovative plastic packaging solutions for a range of consumer markets. They focus on quality, efficiency, and delivering reliable products for well-known brands.

Job Role & Key Responsibilities:

We are recruiting for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on maintaining, fault-finding, and improving the reliability of production machinery, including injection moulding equipment and associated ancillary systems. The successful candidate will support both planned and reactive maintenance activity, working closely with production teams to reduce downtime and drive continuous improvement across site operations. The role operates on a Panama shift pattern, covering 12-hour days and nights, with two weeks on days followed by two weeks on nights.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery and site equipment
• Respond to breakdowns quickly and effectively to minimise production downtime
• Fault-find and repair mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems
• Support maintenance activity on injection moulding machinery and associated ancillary equipment
• Maintain and improve machinery safety systems in line with site standards
• Support operator asset care programmes and reliability improvement initiatives
• Work closely with production teams to ensure equipment runs safely and efficiently
• Contribute to continuous improvement and process optimisation projects
• Complete maintenance records, shift handovers, and engineering documentation accurately
• Prioritise workload effectively while working safely in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• A recognised mechanical qualification or strong mechanical engineering background
• Experience in planned and reactive maintenance within a manufacturing environment
• Strong fault-finding skills across mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
• Experience working safely on production machinery
• A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to take ownership of engineering issues
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well within a close-knit team
• A calm, reliable, and solutions-focused attitude under pressure

Desirable Skills:

• Electrical fault-finding experience on manufacturing equipment
• Experience with sensors, motors, drives, control systems, and general electrical maintenance
• Electrical qualifications or multi-skilled capability
• Experience within FMCG, packaging, plastics, automotive, food production, or general manufacturing environments
• Injection moulding experience would be highly advantageous
• Continuous improvement experience or an asset care mindset

Benefits Include:

• A competitive salary package
• Overtime
• 23 days holiday
• Employer pension contribution
• Death in service cover
• Structured 4–6 week induction with an experienced engineering team member
• Ongoing training and development
• Progression opportunities into Team Leader or Engineering Management roles

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please get in touch with us or apply below.