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Maintenance Engineer

Where

Chester

What

Engineering

Type

Permanent

Salary

44000 Annual

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Maintenance Engineer

Shifts- (4 on 4 off Days & Nights)

Location- Chester

Salary -£44,000 + overtime (earn £46 48K OTE) (Salary Rising to £50,000 once training Matrix is complete)

Our client is looking for a hands-on, proactive Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team on a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern (days & nights, 6am 6pm / 6pm 6am).

This role is an excellent opportunity for a recently qualified engineer or an experienced engineer looking to expand their skill set. With a comprehensive training matrix in place, we actively support career development and cross-skilling for example, offering pathways for mechanical engineers to gain electrical qualifications, including the 18th Edition certification. We invest heavily in our people, with a clear internal training matrix linked to salary. Your career and earnings can progress to £50K+ with development.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you ll be responsible for:

  • Reactive maintenance across the site keeping operations running smoothly.
  • Working with a wide range of equipment: compressors, boilers, pumps, valves, pneumatics, motors, and hydraulics (pumps/seals).
  • Facilities and plant maintenance.
  • PLC fault finding (bespoke/obscure German systems no programming required).
  • PPMs managed through our CMMS system (mainly carried out on night shifts).
  • Occasional welding (TIG/Stick) desirable but not essential.

Prospects & Training

We invest heavily in our people, with a clear internal training matrix linked to salary. Your career and earnings can progress to £50K+ with development.

What you ll get:

  • Initial Training: Site systems, health & safety, and equipment training when you start.
  • Future Development: Structured progression and cross-skilling opportunities.
  • Extra Qualifications:
    • Boiler Training (STEAM) intensive BOAS and LTA (Laundry Technology Academy).
    • 18th Edition, NVQ 3 Electrical, HNC.
    • IOSH Safety Training.
    • NVQ Multi-Skilling & Management Courses.
    • Additional technical upskilling (pneumatics, hydraulics, welding, etc.).

If training is beneficial to both you and the company, we ll invest in it.

Pay & Benefits

  • Salary: £44,000 basic (earn an extra £2K 7K with overtime).
  • Contracted hours: 42 per week (4 on / 4 off, 12-hour shifts).
  • Overtime: Plenty available, shared across the team
  • Life Assurance: x1 annual salary.

What Our Client is looking for

  • Proven experience in a maintenance role.
  • Strong understanding of pumps, compressors, boilers, pneumatics, motors, and hydraulics.
  • Ability to fault find on PLCs (no programming required).
  • Flexible, hands-on approach this is a very reactive environment.
  • Willingness to learn and take on training/development.

If you re looking for a role where every day is different, where your ideas and skills are valued, and where your training is invested in, this could be your next step.

Apply now to join a team that develops from within and rewards your growth.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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