Maintenance Technician (Nights)
4 days ago
Deeside
Maintenance Technician (Nights) Location: Deeside – full time on site Contract Duration: 12 months Pay Rate: £45 per hour (Umbrella) Shift Pattern: • Monday – Thursday: 22:00 – 06:00, • Friday: 15:45 – 20:45 The Role We are currently seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to join a fast‑paced manufacturing environment in Deeside on a long‑term contract. The role involves carrying out reactive and proactive maintenance on a range of electro‑mechanical processing and packaging machinery, ensuring maximum uptime and production efficiency. This is a hands‑on, shop‑floor‑based position suited to a multiskilled maintenance engineer with strong electrical and mechanical fault‑finding capability. Key Responsibilities: • Carry out reactive and planned maintenance (PPMs) on processing and packaging equipment, • Diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical, PLC and control system faults to minimise downtime, • Support production and line leaders to maintain efficient operation of manufacturing lines, • Maintain accurate maintenance records, including CMMS updates and breakdown history, • Identify spares requirements and support stock control of critical components, • Ensure all work is carried out in line with Health & Safety standards, • Participate in maintenance handovers and communicate technical issues effectively, • Contribute to continuous improvement projects and equipment reliability initiatives Skills & Experience Required: • Time‑served apprenticeship in engineering, • Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance background, • NVQ Level 3 / ONC / HNC (or equivalent) in Engineering or Maintenance, • Experience maintaining processing and/or packaging machinery, • Working knowledge of PLCs and inspection/vision systems, • 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, • Experience with inverters, servo drives and DC drives, • Confident working with 415V to 24VDC power and control circuits, • Ability to fault‑find with or without engineering drawings, • Previous experience in fast‑paced manufacturing environments (pharma, medical devices, FMCG, or similar preferred)