Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer  Job Title – Maintenance Engineer Location – Liverpool, Merseyside  Salary – £44,000 (rising to approx. £45,300 in April + 3% review) Shift – Rotating Shift Pattern (Days/Nights) Week 1 & 2: 6:00am – 2:00pm Week 3: 10:00pm – 6:00am (Sunday–Thursday) Week 4: 2:00pm – 10:00pm (Mon–Fri) On-call: 1 weekend in 4 (moving to 1 in 5) Job Role of the Maintenance Engineer A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Engineer to join a leading manufacturer within the waste management and recycling container industry. This is a well-established, internationally backed business with a strong reputation for innovation, investment, and long-term engineering development. You will be responsible for both the maintenance of factory facilities and a wide range of production equipment including machinery, tooling, moulds, and supporting systems. Working as part of a skilled engineering team, you will play a key role in ensuring maximum uptime, efficient production, and continuous improvement across site operations. This is a highly varied role covering both planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdowns within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Responsibilities of the Maintenance Engineer Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance Fault finding and repair of mechanical and electrical systems Maintaining factory equipment, machinery, and moulding systems Supporting installation and implementation of new equipment and investments Working closely with the engineering team on maintenance planning Diagnosing faults on control systems including sensors, relays, contactors, and inverters Mechanical work including hydraulics, pneumatics, bearings, belts, and chains Supporting continuous improvement activities across site Participating in on-call rota system Machinery on Site Injection moulding machines Industrial robots Vacuum pumps and vacuum systems Granulators Hydraulic systems Automated production equipment (approx. 2000 units per day output) Sector – Industrial Manufacutring  Non-Negotiable Requirements Level 3 in Engineering  Mechanical Bias Engineer  Factory or Manufacturing or Forces  Desirable Requirements Injection moulding experience Tooling / toolmaking background Experience in plastics manufacturing Industrial heavy engineering background Forces background considered The Maintenance Engineer will benefit from: Working for a well-established European manufacturing leader Strong investment in training and development Opportunities for external training courses (including Level 4 Injection Moulding) Potential training opportunities in Spain at sister facilities Clear progression and long-term development opportunities Pension scheme Healthcare plan (after 6 months) 25 days holiday + bank holidays Free onsite parking Ongoing salary increases and review