Maintenance Engineer

hays-gcj-v4-pd-online Newtownards, Northern Ireland May 13, 2026

Type Full Time
Pay £21/hour
Work Onsite

Maintenance Engineer focuses on investigate the nature of plant failures and subsequently carry out repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible to avoid loss of plant production.

What the role involves

  • Investigate the nature of plant failures and subsequently carry out repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible to avoid loss of plant production.
  • Provide specialist technical advice where appropriate.

Skills and requirements

  • Experience in FMCG environments, preferably food.
  • Have creative thinking skills and techniques for engineering/maintenance issues.
  • Excellentmunicator, strong analytical, oral/writtenmunication.
  • Non-time-served candidates may also be considered subject to relevant experience and work history.

Confirmed role details

  • Whilst on shift your core duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to.
  • Liaising with production managers and shift supervisors to determine day-to-day maintenance and production priorities.

Candidate fit

  • technical judgement, safe working habits, fault finding, and practical repair discipline

Additional role context

  • Maintenance Engineer -ber - Days - Up to £21 p/h (DoE).
  • Perform daily in-depth fault-finding, Root Cause Analyses, diagnosis and breakdown repairs.
  • Repair faults on plant control systems.

Known job details

  • Pay: £21 p/h
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