Maintenance (Multi Skilled) Engineer - Stoke on Trent

​

We are Hiring:

Maintenance Engineer

(Manufacturing / Distribution)

Location: Stoke on Trent
Type: Permanent
Salary:£42 - £48 000.00 p/a (DOE)

Start Date: Immediately

Hours: 39 Hours per week

Job Description:

 We are seeking a skilled and proactive Maintenance Engineer to join our manufacturing and distribution client operation.

You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, safety, and efficiency of all plant, machinery, and site facilities.

This is a hands-on role requiring strong fault-finding skills, a proactive maintenance approach, and the ability to work across mechanical, electrical, and general building maintenance disciplines.

 Duties and Responsibilities:

·       Working with the maintenance team to guarantee the safe operation of all machinery.

·       Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on manufacturing and site equipment to minimise downtime.

·       Taking ownership of jobs and following it through to the end from diagnosis to ordering parts and fitting and testing.

·       Adherence to health, safety and environmental regulations.

·       Respond to reactive maintenance issues, diagnosing faults and completing repairs efficiently.

·       Take ownership of maintenance tasks from fault diagnosis through to parts ordering, repair, testing, and sign-off.

·       Support continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability and maintenance processes.

·       Ensure all work is carried out in line with health, safety, and environmental regulations.

·       Maintain accurate maintenance records and documentation.

·       Assist with general site and building maintenance when required.

·       Liaise with external contractors and suppliers as necessary.

Requirements:

·       Minimum of 5 years working experience.

·       You will be a practical and reliable engineer with experience working in a manufacturing, distribution or production environment.

• Mechanical and/or electrical engineering background (electrical bias advantageous).

• Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings.

• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.

• Experience maintaining production machinery and automated equipment.

• Good organisational and time management skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Good IT literacy for maintenance systems and reporting.

• Relevant engineering qualifications (NVQ, City & Guilds, HNC, or equivalent).

• Experience within furniture, joinery, sanitaryware, or similar manufacturing environments.

• Working with, but not limited to CNC, hydraulic press, automatic spray booths, panel cutting machines, edging machines and robotics.

• Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, and basic PLC fault finding.

 Job Reference (when applying):

·       #MAINENG