Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Dayshift

The rewards and benefits on offer:

• Immediate start available.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Flexible start & finish times
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Dayshift
• Free on-site parking

Working Hours:

• Dayshift
• 08:00 – 16:00 Mon - Fri

MTrec's New Opportunity:

MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious manufacturing client with the recruitment of a permanent Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to strengthen their team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long-term career within a growing engineering business.

If you are a Maintenance Engineer, ideally with experience in high risk/COMAH environments, apply now for an immediate response!

The job you'll do:

• Provide technical engineering support to Operations and Maintenance teams, ensuring plant issues are resolved safely, efficiently and effectively.
• Lead and support root cause investigations into equipment failures, identifying and implementing sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve asset life plans for critical plant equipment, identifying repair, replacement and capital investment requirements.
• Provide technical engineering support during shutdowns, outages and major maintenance events
• Develop and review mechanical engineering specifications, repair scopes and technical standards for plant modifications, repairs and capital projects.
• Ensure compliance with statutory inspection requirements and recognised engineering standards for pressure systems, lifting equipment, rotating machinery and other mechanical assets.
• Provide technical input to operational and maintenance processes, including risk assessments, engineering evaluations and problem-solving activities.
• Work closely with Maintenance Supervisors and Technicians to develop effective repair solutions and improve maintenance performance.
• Lead defect elimination and reliability improvement initiatives to increase equipment availability, improve asset performance and reduce lifecycle costs.
• Analyse maintenance and reliability data to identify trends, recurring failures and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Support the development, implementation and optimisation of preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of capital projects, including technical specifications, contractor management, installation and commissioning activities.
• Promote a Right First Time culture, driving high standards of quality, engineering integrity and execution.
• Support contractor management activities, ensuring external providers meet required safety, quality, technical and performance standards.
• Deputise for the Engineering Manager when required, providing technical leadership and supporting effective day-to-day engineering operations.
• Champion company values, process safety principles and safe working practices, maintaining a strong focus on personal and process safety at all times.

About you:

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or similar (Essential).
• 5 + years' industrial experience in a manufacturing, process or COMAH-regulated environment.
• Experience of maintenance and reliability engineering principles.
• Knowledge of rotating equipment, static plant, piping systems and mechanical asset management.
• Experience leading or supporting root cause investigations and reliability improvement activities.
• Understanding of statutory inspection requirements and engineering compliance obligations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.