Maintenance Engineer – Mechanical or Electrical

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