Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Location: Romford, EssexHours: Monday to Friday, 08:00am to 4:30pmSalary: Competitive

The CompanyOur client is a well-established manufacturing business operating within the industrial production sector. With a strong focus on quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement, they are looking to add a skilled Maintenance Engineer to their engineering team at their Romford facility.

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join a busy manufacturing operation. You will be responsible for maintaining, repairing, and improving production equipment to ensure maximum uptime and operational efficiency.

Please note: Applicants must have previous maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment and possess both mechanical and electrical maintenance skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across manufacturing machinery and equipment.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults promptly to minimise downtime.
• Complete reactive maintenance and breakdown repairs.
• Support continuous improvement and reliability projects.
• Assist with the installation, commissioning and modification of production equipment.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out safely and in line with company procedures.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and documentation.
• Work closely with production teams to maximise equipment performance.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Maintenance Engineer within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong mechanical maintenance experience, including pumps, motors, bearings, gearboxes, conveyors and associated machinery.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and maintenance skills.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings.
• Experience working on automated production equipment.
• Engineering qualification such as NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC/HND, or equivalent.

Experience within industrial, chemical, FMCG or manufacturing environments.