Maintenance Engineer 

Job Title – Maintenance Engineer
Location – Liverpool, Merseyside 
Salary – £44,000 (rising to approx. £45,300 in April + 3% review)
Shift – Rotating Shift Pattern (Days/Nights)

• Week 1 & 2: 6:00am – 2:00pm
• Week 3: 10:00pm – 6:00am (Sunday–Thursday)
• Week 4: 2:00pm – 10:00pm (Mon–Fri)
• On-call: 1 weekend in 4 (moving to 1 in 5)

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Engineer to join a leading manufacturer within the waste management and recycling container industry. This is a well-established, internationally backed business with a strong reputation for innovation, investment, and long-term engineering development.

You will be responsible for both the maintenance of factory facilities and a wide range of production equipment including machinery, tooling, moulds, and supporting systems. Working as part of a skilled engineering team, you will play a key role in ensuring maximum uptime, efficient production, and continuous improvement across site operations.

This is a highly varied role covering both planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdowns within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance
• Fault finding and repair of mechanical and electrical systems
• Maintaining factory equipment, machinery, and moulding systems
• Supporting installation and implementation of new equipment and investments
• Working closely with the engineering team on maintenance planning
• Diagnosing faults on control systems including sensors, relays, contactors, and inverters
• Mechanical work including hydraulics, pneumatics, bearings, belts, and chains
• Supporting continuous improvement activities across site
• Participating in on-call rota system

• Injection moulding machines
• Industrial robots
• Vacuum pumps and vacuum systems
• Granulators
• Hydraulic systems
• Automated production equipment (approx. 2000 units per day output)

• Level 3 in Engineering 
• Mechanical Bias Engineer 
• Factory or Manufacturing or Forces 

• Injection moulding experience
• Tooling / toolmaking background
• Experience in plastics manufacturing
• Industrial heavy engineering background
• Forces background considered

• Working for a well-established European manufacturing leader
• Strong investment in training and development
• Opportunities for external training courses (including Level 4 Injection Moulding)
• Potential training opportunities in Spain at sister facilities
• Clear progression and long-term development opportunities
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare plan (after 6 months)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Free onsite parking
• Ongoing salary increases and review