Maintenance Engineer - Personnel Placements : Job Details

Maintenance Engineer – Mechanical & Electrical

Location: Salisbury

Salary: £45,000 – £52,000 DOE excellent benefits

Hours: 28-day shift cycle (days and nights)

Are you an experienced Maintenance Engineer looking for your next challenge? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established manufacturer, providing vital mechanical and electrical support to keep production running smoothly. This role offers excellent training, including PLC programming, alongside the chance to work on a variety of engineering projects. You’ll join a supportive environment that values career progression and employee wellbeing.

The role of Maintenance Engineer is varied, hands-on, and rewarding. You’ll work across planned preventative maintenance, urgent breakdowns, and improvement projects, covering a wide range of systems including hydraulics, pneumatics, PLCs, and automated machinery. This is an excellent opening for a Maintenance Engineer who enjoys problem solving and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits include 5.5 weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Free on-site parking

What you’ll be doing:

• Carry out both planned and reactive maintenance on mechanical and electrical systems
• Ensure production reliability by responding quickly to breakdowns and faults
• Perform calibration checks and portable appliance testing (PAT)
• Support process improvements, machinery upgrades, and new equipment installations
• Identify and recommend improvements to plant, machinery, and systems to boost safety, quality, and efficiency
• Work safely at all times, adhering to health, safety, and environmental standards

We'd ideally like you to have the following experience but can be flexible depending on industry experience:

• Time-served apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering with a Level 3 Electrical qualification
• Proven experience in electrical and/or mechanical maintenance
• Strong knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, inverters, and PLCs
• Experience in automated process environments desirable
• Familiarity with PAT testing, LOLER, and functional safety standards is an advantage

Working shift pattern for this role is a 28-day cycle – 4 on, 5 off, 5 on, 4 off, 5 on, 5 off (rotating between days and nights)

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