Shift Maintenance Technician - Electrical Bias

Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Salary: £56,605 per annum
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Shift Pattern: 12-hour rotating days and nights, averaging 42 hours per week

The Opportunity

Are you a multi-skilled Maintenance Technician with an electrical bias looking for your next opportunity within food manufacturing?

We are recruiting a Shift Maintenance Technician to join an established manufacturing business in Worksop. This is an excellent opportunity for an electrically biased engineer with strong mechanical maintenance skills to support production efficiency, improve equipment reliability and drive continuous improvement across a busy manufacturing facility.

Offering a competitive salary of £56,605, a generous holiday allowance and a comprehensive benefits package, this role would suit an experienced Maintenance Engineer looking to develop their career within a fast-paced production environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventative and predictive maintenance across production lines and manufacturing equipment.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical and mechanical faults to minimise downtime and improve equipment reliability.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing tools, including TPM, RCM, FMECA, 5S and Kaizen.
• Identify and implement improvements to Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), safety, quality and production performance.
• Troubleshoot recurring equipment issues and reduce waste, inefficiencies and production losses.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health and safety procedures and relevant legislation.
• Work collaboratively with production and engineering teams to maintain reliable manufacturing operations.

Candidate Requirements

• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer or Maintenance Technician within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong electrical maintenance skills, with a good understanding of mechanical maintenance.
• Experience carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM), fault finding and breakdown repairs.
• Engineering qualification, ideally HNC/HND level, or completion of a recognised engineering apprenticeship.
• Electrical awareness, ideally including the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• Knowledge of manufacturing equipment, production processes and continuous improvement techniques.
• Strong problem-solving, communication and organisational skills.

Salary and Benefits

• £56,605 per annum.
• 6.5 weeks' equivalent holiday entitlement.
• Company pension.
• Life insurance.
• Sick pay.
• Health and wellbeing programme.
• Free on-site parking.

Shift pattern: A four-week rotating roster covering 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends, averaging 42 hours per week. The rotation includes a seven-day rest period.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, this position doesn't offer sponsorship or relocation packages.

Apply Now

If you are an electrically biased Maintenance Technician with multi-skilled engineering experience and are looking to join a progressive manufacturing environment, we would like to hear from you.

If you feel this is of interest please send your CV directly to dan at or call for a confidential discussion on

Unfortunately this position doesn't offer sponsorship or relocation packages.