Site Maintenance Engineer

Job Description:

Site Maintenance Engineer – Multi-Skilled

Location: Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire (BD19)
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 plus 10% Shift Allowance
Hours: 40 hours per week (Site Based)
Shift Pattern: Rotating Shifts – 6:00am–2:00pm / 2:00pm–10:00pm

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Site Maintenance Engineer to join a busy manufacturing and production environment in Cleckheaton. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer with strong mechanical and electrical maintenance experience who enjoys working in a fast-paced production environment and supporting continuous improvement projects.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring maximum equipment reliability, minimising downtime, supporting production operations, and assisting with the installation and commissioning of new machinery and equipment across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across manufacturing and production equipment.
• Diagnose and repair faults on electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and control systems.
• Support installation, commissioning and integration of new production and packaging machinery.
• Carry out machine refurbishments, upgrades and modifications to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise production downtime and restore operations safely.
• Deliver TPM activities and continuous improvement initiatives across production areas.
• Support engineering projects including machinery layout improvements and process optimisation.
• Maintain boilers, compressors, chillers, pumps and other site plant equipment.
• Ensure all engineering works are completed in line with health & safety standards and permit systems.
• Maintain accurate engineering documentation, maintenance records and compliance checks.
• Liaise effectively with Production, Quality and Engineering teams to support operational targets.
• Supervise contractors and ensure all external works are completed safely and to required standards.
• Provide occasional out-of-hours engineering support when required.

Requirements

• Time-served Maintenance Engineer or equivalent engineering experience.
• Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance background within manufacturing, FMCG or production environments.
• Experience fault-finding on automated production machinery and control systems.
• Good understanding of pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical systems.
• Experience working on plant equipment including boilers, compressors and chillers.
• Previous involvement in machinery installation, upgrades and commissioning projects.
• Knowledge of TPM and continuous improvement activities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Flexible, proactive and safety conscious approach to engineering activities.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with mixing vessels and process equipment.
• Experience working on filling, labelling, packaging or tube filling machinery.
• FMCG, cosmetics, food or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing manufacturing environment where you can contribute to both daily engineering operations and exciting site improvement projects while developing your engineering career within a supportive team environment.