Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer (Continental Shift)

Oakham, Rutland LE15

Salary: £43,441.05 + £3,712.80 Shift Allowance = £47153 

Potential Earnings: Up to £53,359.53 including contractual overtime
Location: Oakham area
Shift Pattern: 4 Days On, 4 Days Off, 4 Nights On, 4 Days Off

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are seeking a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join an established engineering team supporting a busy manufacturing operation. This is an excellent opportunity for an electrically biased, time-served engineer to work within a modern production environment, ensuring the reliability and performance of manufacturing equipment and automation systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide breakdown support across manufacturing machinery, automation equipment and ancillary systems.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities.
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults in a safe and efficient manner.
• Support continuous improvement activities to enhance equipment performance and manufacturing efficiency.
• Work closely with production and engineering colleagues to achieve operational targets.
• Contribute to improvement projects aimed at increasing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Maintain high standards of health and safety at all times.
• Support the development and upskilling of colleagues where appropriate.
• Assist other engineers and departments as required.

About You

• Time-served Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias.
• Ideally multi-skilled with both electrical and mechanical maintenance experience.
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Experience within a manufacturing environment is essential.
• Experience of injection moulding machinery would be highly advantageous.
• Strong commitment to safe working practices.

What's on Offer?

• Starting salary: £43,441.05 per annum
• Shift allowance: £3,712.80 per annum
• Contractual overtime available following successful completion of probation
• Additional £6,205.68 per annum
• 208 contracted overtime hours per year
• 23 days holiday per year
• Full PPE provided
• Stable continental shift pattern offering excellent work-life balance
• Opportunity to be part of ongoing continuous improvement and engineering development initiatives

If you are an experienced Maintenance Engineer looking for your next challenge within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

If you would like to apply for the role of Maintenance Engineer, then please email your CV to (url removed)  or call Deb on (phone number removed)

Closing date is 7.9.2026 Please note this could change subject to suitable applications.

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Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are committed to the selection, recruitment and development of the best people, basing judgements solely on suitability for the job. Whilst we endeavour to respond to all applications individually, due to high volumes, this is not always possible. Thank you for your interest in this role and we look forward to working with you in the future