Maintenance Engineer

  • People Solutions
  • Mexborough, Yorkshire
  • Mar 01, 2026
Full time Trades & Services

Job Description

Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer - Mexborough

People Solutions are currently recruiting for a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join the Asset Care team for our well-established client based in Mexborough, providing world-class maintenance support across a manufacturing site.

This is a hands-on, proactive engineering role focused on asset reliability, breakdown response, continuous improvement and planned maintenance, supporting production, packaging, distribution, services and facilities.

You will play a key role in delivering the site Asset Care plan, supporting safe systems of work, and driving high standards across people, plant and processes.

Shifts

• Rotating shift pattern
• Monday to Friday: 06:00 - 14:00
• Nights: Thursday to Sunday: 22:00 - 06:00

Salary

• £47,179 per annum

Benefits

• Technically interesting and varied site with real ownership and autonomy
• Strong Asset Care and World-Class Maintenance focus
• Supportive engineering culture with opportunity to develop skills and progress
• Part of a team that values safety, quality, collaboration and continuous improvement

Day-to-Day Duties

• Providing timely first-line response to breakdowns, performance issues and waste streams
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and proactive asset care activities
• Supporting production and packaging teams to ensure lines run efficiently and targets are met
• Working safely at all times in line with EH&S legislation (LOLER, PUWER, COSHH, PTW, isolation procedures, SSOWs, RA & MS)
• Monitoring line performance and taking ownership of issues without needing direction
• Managing and closing maintenance requests using the CMMS system, owning tasks through to completion
• Supporting CMMS development including PM schedules, reviews and improvements
• Maintaining effective spares control, ensuring correct withdrawal and restocking procedures
• Working collaboratively with engineering, production and site stakeholders using a customer-focused approach
• Acting as a role model for best practice, behaviours, safety and standards
• Demonstrating flexibility to support business needs, including shift cover and overtime when required

Essential Skills

• Time-served engineering apprenticeship (or equivalent)
• City & Guilds / BTEC / ONC in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a frontline maintenance role within an FMCG / manufacturing environment
• Strong fault-finding experience across:
• Motors and inverters
• Electro-pneumatics and hydraulics
• Drives, gearboxes, pumps and seals
• Conveyor systems and site services

Apply

If you are ready to take on this opportunity as a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, please apply today and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.

People Solutions do not charge candidates any fees or request deposits at any stage of the recruitment process.


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