Details:
- Salary: £35,000 - 39,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Shobdon Herefordshire
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Maintenance Engineer – Mechanical or Electrical
Location: Shobdon, Herefordshire
Salary: £16.83 – £18.69 per hour + Shift Premium + Overtime
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Shift: Rotating Days
Looking for your next step in Engineering?
We're recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established and successful manufacturing business based in Shobdon, Herefordshire.
Whether you're a Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer or Multi-Skilled Engineer, we'd love to hear from you!
Currently single-skilled? No problem! Our client offers fully funded training to help you become multi-skilled, providing a fantastic opportunity to develop your technical abilities and progress your engineering career.
What's on Offer?
* £16.83 – £18.69 per hour, depending on experience
* Additional £0.92 per hour shift premium (17:00 – 08:00)
* Overtime paid at 1.5x, double time on Sundays
* 31 days annual leave, increasing with service
* Fully funded training and development
* Company pension and life assurance
* Health and wellbeing support
* Employee discounts and benefits
* Free on-site parking
* Long-term career progression opportunities
Working Hours
Rotating weekly shifts:
* Week 1: Monday – Friday, 05:30 – 13:30
* Week 2: Monday – Friday, 09:30 – 17:30
* Weekend working as required (8 or 12-hour shifts)
Following training, you'll also join a 1 in 7 on-call rota, with additional standby payments of £16.51 per night and a minimum of 4 hours' pay for call-outs.
What You'll Be Doing
* Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs
* Fault-finding and diagnosing mechanical and/or electrical issues
* Minimising machinery downtime and improving equipment reliability
* Supporting machinery installations, upgrades and improvement projects
* Maintaining accurate maintenance records
* Working closely with production and engineering teams
* Ensuring all work meets health and safety standards
What We're Looking For
* Time-served apprenticeship or relevant engineering qualification
* Mechanical, electrical or multi-skilled maintenance experience
* Strong fault-finding and problem-solving abilities
* Experience working with industrial machinery or production equipment
* A proactive, reliable approach and willingness to learn
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Desirable but not essential: Previous food manufacturing experience, pneumatics knowledge or 17th/18th Edition electrical qualifications.
Interested? Apply Today!
If you're an experienced Engineer looking for a stable, long-term opportunity with excellent training, competitive overtime rates and genuine career progression, we want to hear from you