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Maintenance Engineer

APEX APPOINT LTDLeicester, Leicestershire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 19 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Maintenance Engineer role offers a stable environment with significant opportunities for you to take ownership and drive improvements within a well-invested manufacturing facility. If you are an electrically biased engineer with experience in manufacturing, seeking to enhance your skills and contribute to operational reliability, this is an excellent opportunity to apply.

Quick Overview

Salary
£48k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

We are currently supporting a well-established manufacturing business based inThurmaston, Leicesterwho are looking to add anelectrically biased Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineerto their engineering team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join astable, well-invested manufacturing sitewhere engineers are trusted to take ownership of maintenance and improvement activities across the plant.

The role operates on adouble days shift pattern (6am2pm / 2pm10pm)withone week of nights every five weeks. The night shift week consists offour x 8-hour shifts, providing a balanced and manageable rotation.


The Role


You will be responsible for supporting the site through a mixture ofreactive maintenance, planned preventative maintenance and continuous improvement activity.

Working closely with production teams, you will play a key role in ensuring machinery uptime and driving reliability across the facility.


Typical responsibilities include:


  • Electrical and mechanical fault finding on manufacturing equipment

  • Supporting PPM schedules and planned engineering work

  • Diagnosing faults on motors, sensors, drives, relays and control systems

  • Working with production teams to minimise downtime and improve performance

  • Supporting continuous improvement and reliability initiatives across the site


What Were Looking For


Were keen to speak with engineers who have experience withinmanufacturing or production environments, ideally with a strong electrical skillset.

You will ideally have:

  • Experience fault finding onthree-phase electrical systems

  • Strong problem-solving ability within afast-paced manufacturing environment

  • A proactive attitude towards maintenance and reliability


Electrical qualifications such asNVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds / HNC or equivalentwould be advantageous.


Whats On Offer


  • £48,000 basic salary

  • Structured shift pattern withlimited nights

  • Stable manufacturing environment

  • Opportunity to join a well-established engineering team


If you would like to find out more about the opportunity, please apply or get in touch for a confidential conversation.


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