Job Description
We are Hiring:
Maintenance Engineer (Manufacturing / Distribution)
Location: Stoke on Trent Type:
Permanent Salary: £42 - £48 000.00 p/a (DOE)
Start Date: Immediately
Hours: 39 Hours per week
Job Description:
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Maintenance Engineer to join our manufacturing and distribution client operation.
You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, safety, and efficiency of all plant, machinery, and site facilities.
This is a hands-on role requiring strong fault-finding skills, a proactive maintenance approach, and the ability to work across mechanical, electrical, and general building maintenance disciplines.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Working with the maintenance team to guarantee the safe operation of all machinery.
Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on manufacturing and site equipment to minimise downtime.
Taking ownership of jobs and following it through to the end from diagnosis to ordering parts and fitting and testing.
Adherence to health, safety and environmental regulations.
Respond to reactive maintenance issues, diagnosing faults and completing repairs efficiently.
Take ownership of maintenance tasks from fault diagnosis through to parts ordering, repair, testing, and sign-off.
Support continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability and maintenance processes.
Ensure all work is carried out in line with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
Maintain accurate maintenance records and documentation.
Assist with general site and building maintenance when required.
Liaise with external contractors and suppliers as necessary.
Requirements:
Minimum of 5 years working experience.
You will be a practical and reliable engineer with experience working in a manufacturing, distribution or production environment.
Mechanical and/or electrical engineering background (electrical bias advantageous).
Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings.
Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
Experience maintaining production machinery and automated equipment.
Good organisational and time management skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
Good IT literacy for maintenance systems and reporting.
Relevant engineering qualifications (NVQ, City & Guilds, HNC, or equivalent).
Experience within furniture, joinery, sanitaryware, or similar manufacturing environments.
Working with, but not limited to CNC, hydraulic press, automatic spray booths, panel cutting machines, edging machines and robotics.
Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, and basic PLC fault finding.
Job Reference (when applying): • #MAINENG