Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Cheshire

Salary: £45k+ (overtime available)

Shift Pattern: 3 shift rotating x 5 days a week (Sunday - Thursday night shift, Monday- Friday, early/late shift)

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

The Role

As a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining, repairing, and improving mechanical systems across our production lines to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient production.

Key Responsibilities

* Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive mechanical maintenance on packaging machinery

* Diagnose and repair mechanical faults to minimise downtime

* Work on equipment including packaging machinery, conveyors, labelers, and associated ancillaries

* Support continuous improvement activities to improve machine reliability and performance

* Ensure all work is completed in line with health & safety, quality, and site standards

* Accurately record maintenance activities using the site PRD work order system.

* Work closely with production, engineering, and other support teams

About You

* Time-served Mechanical Engineer / Technician or equivalent (NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds preferred)

* Proven experience in a manufacturing or production environment

* Strong mechanical fault-finding skills (bearings, gearboxes, pneumatics, chains, belts, cams, etc.)

* Experience working on high-speed production machinery is highly desirable

* Basic electrical awareness is an advantage (not essential)

* Proactive, safety-focused, and able to work under pressure

* Willingness to work shifts and respond to breakdowns when required

What We Offer

* Competitive salary with overtime opportunities

* Company pension scheme

* Holiday entitlement plus bank holidays

* Ongoing training and development

* Stable employment within a growing business

* Supportive team environment

* Possible further education within the company provided scheme