We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join the team at Caress Manufacturing Limited, part of the CQC Group of companies, including Quantum Turned Parts Limited, and Clinical Health Technologies Limited.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering both planned and reactive maintenance, including fault‑finding and emergency repairs, to keep equipment operating. The machinery the successful candidate will be working with includes packing, bottle filling, and automated assembly machines. The products handled in the facility include skin care bottled products, cleansing solutions, and ear studs. The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out day-to-day operational and administrative tasks, allowing the Automation Engineer to designate focus on the development and implementation of automation projects, and provide support and supervision where required.
Key Accountabilities:
Machine Maintenance
- Respond swiftly to unexpected equipment faults, troubleshooting root causes, and carrying out emergency repairs
- Independently troubleshoot electrical and PLC-related faults to minimise downtime and restore production equipment to operation
- Perform routine PPM inspections, servicing, and maintenance activities to maximise machine performance and operational efficiency
- Carry out tasks as delegated by the Automation Engineer
Documentation & Reporting
- Record maintenance activities, complete required paperwork, and update maintenance schedules using digital reporting tools (E.G Odoo)
Health & Safety
- Follow health and safety requirements as necessary in a machine/mechanical shop environment
- Adhere to the Company’s environmental management system and actively contribute to environmental initiatives
Person Specification:
Experience
- Time-served engineer with proven experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment
- Experience in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, or food and beverage industries
- Experience working with thermoforming, bottling, and packaging machinery
- Previous experience with PLCs (fault finding)
Skills & Abilities
- Ability to work under your own initiative and act independently
- Strong fault-finding, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work well under pressure and in a fast paced environment
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematics
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload
Knowledge
- Sound mechanical and electrical knowledge (mechanical bias)
- Engineering apprenticeship qualification, or similar
- Good computer literacy knowledge
- A practical understanding of packaging/bottling line mechanics, and automated assembly machines
- An understanding of pneumatics would be beneficial
Behaviours
- Effective communicator and team player
- Commitment to continuous improvement
- Proactive, flexible, and reliable
Hours of work:
- 40 hours per week
- 7:30am to 4:00pm (M-F)
Salary:
- Depending on candidate experience
Location:
- On-site
- Hinckley, LE10 3BP
Deadline:
What we Offer:
We are dedicated to acknowledging contributions and celebrating achievements. This commitment is reflected in our policies, processes, and comprehensive benefits and rewards, including, but not limited to:
- Enhanced holiday entitlement, increasing with length of service
- 24 hour access to free health, wellbeing, legal, and financial support
- Access to internal mental health first aiders and domestic abuse ambassador
- Discounts platform and wellbeing hub
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and sick pay
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No agencies please. We are not currently engaging recruitment agencies and therefore request that agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this position.
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Hinckley LE10 3BP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- What is your current salary?
Work Location: In person
