Maitenance Engineer

• Significant training investment including funded formal qualifications
• Clear progression opportunities within a growing engineering function
• Stable, profitable group with strong UK manufacturing heritage

I'm recruiting on behalf of a well-established UK manufacturer, part of a £160m+ turnover group employing 5,000 people globally. Operating since 1968 and now part of a larger industrial group, the business manufactures lifting equipment for the construction sector and continues to invest in its Essex site.

This is a site-based Maintenance Engineer role supporting production machinery, including traditional lathes and legacy equipment, plus some basic robotics (specialist PLC support brought in when required). You'll join a team of 3 engineers and a manager, working rotating shifts:

• Earlies: 6:00-15:30 (Mon Thurs), 6:00-14:30 (Fri)
• Lates: 13:00-22:00 (Mon Thurs), 12:00-20:00 (Fri)
• No weekend work however overtime available if wanted.

• Maintenance experience within manufacturing
• Electrically biased or genuinely multi-skilled
• Formal engineering qualification
• Strong character and team fit
• Full right to work in the UK (no sponsorship)

• Salary up to £45,000
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Overtime: 1.3x (Mon Fri), 1.5x (Sat), 2x (Sun)
• Standard pension
• Long term progression within the wider group

If you're looking for stability, structured shifts, and real development potential, this role offers strong long term prospects.