Maintenance Engineer (Field Based) – Thurrock & Surrounding Sites
Salary: £55,000 + annual bonus (typically 10% of base salary)
Hours: Monday–Friday 37.5 hours a week (typically 8:00–16:00, with flexibility for occasional call‑outs)
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Base Location: Thurrock
Why join CHEP?
CHEP is recognised as one of the Top 17 Global Employers, offering exceptional development opportunities, strong values, and a culture where people genuinely enjoy coming to work.
Your benefits include:
- Annual bonus (typically 10% of base salary)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (option to buy/sell days)
- Company van for travel between sites
- Enhanced pension (you 5%, CHEP 7.5%)
- Share scheme (matched 1:1 after 1 year)
- Single private healthcare cover
- Life assurance, employee assistance & wellbeing apps
- Everyday retail discounts platform
- Volunteer day
- Free on‑site parking
About the role
We’re looking for a Multi‑Skilled Engineer with an electrical bias to support several CHEP service centres across the Thurrock region. You’ll be responsible for maintaining, fault‑finding, and improving automated equipment across multiple sites, ensuring high levels of safety, reliability, and operational performance.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys variety, autonomy, and the chance to make a real impact across multiple operations.
What you’ll do
- Deliver proactive and reactive maintenance across multiple CHEP facilities
- Diagnose faults and conduct detailed root cause analysis
- Drive continuous improvement across equipment and maintenance processes
- Support site reliability initiatives: identify failure modes, analyse trends, and implement corrective actions
- Assist with project work, upgrades, and change initiatives
- Use CMMS to log, track, and manage maintenance activities
- Supervise contractors and issue work permits
- Ensure all work is completed safely and in line with regulations and CHEP standards
What we need from you
- Strong electrical bias with relevant electrical qualifications
- Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 in Electrical/Mechanical Maintenance
- Multi‑skilled capability across electrical and mechanical disciplines
- Experience in fast‑paced, safety‑critical or automated environments
- Confident fault‑finding skills (electrical, mechanical, PLC)
- Ability to read engineering drawings and use workshop tools
- Experience with automation, PLCs, robotics, or similar technologies (highly desirable)
- A proactive, safety‑focused mindset and the ability to work independently across multiple sites
- Full UK driving licence
Application question(s):
- What is your notice period?
- CHEP Brambles have a zero tolerance with regards to drugs and alcohol to protect against employees being impaired whilst carrying out work in order to comply with our obligations to provide a safe and suitable working environment for all. If employed with CHEP, you will be tested for drugs and alcohol in line with out policy. Please can you confirm you are happy with this.
- Before interview, you will be required to provide copies of your Engineering Certificates, do you have copies of these?
Work Location: In person
