Engineering Technician

Engineering Technician Required!

RecruitEasy are looking for an experienced Engineering Technician to work for our client based in Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon.

Duration: Permanent

Start Date: 20-07-2026

Pay Rate: Up To £17.50 Per Hour - paid weekly!

Pay rate depending on experience and/or tickets.

We do not use umbrella companies to process your pay!

We are recruiting on behalf of our client for a highly motivated and organised Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer to play a key role in maintaining, improving and preventing maintenance issues across a busy production environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of machinery and equipment, helping production operate as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Job Roles:

• Maintain all equipment and machinery to ensure optimum performance.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults.
• Repair and replace equipment and machinery when required.
• Carry out daily machinery and equipment inspections.
• Complete monthly equipment checks, including pressure tests, fluid level checks and temperature probe calibrations.
• Undertake deep cleaning and strip-downs of machinery and equipment.
• Train staff on the safe and effective use of new machinery and equipment.
• Supervise and support the weekly overtime team.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment performance, increase efficiency and enhance production output.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years A0maintenance engineering experience.
• Experience working within a manufacturing, production or FMCG environment.
• Mechanical and/or electrical engineering background.
• Proven experience working with fast-moving machinery, pumps, valves and PLCs.
• Strong fault-finding, problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Good understanding of preventative maintenance techniques.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally within a fast-paced environment.

We do not charge Payroll Admin Fees or use Umbrella Companies to process your pay - so you get to keep more of your take home pay.

RecruitEasy is a Construction Recruitment Agency based in the South-west, we cover all Construction sectors as well as Warehousing and logistics, Retail and Hospitality and from time to time, recruit in some other industries. If you would like to find out more about RecruitEasy visit our website at RecruitEasy.co.uk or click the link above.