Consultant name: Matt Soulsby

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Job reference: 000000000095074

Date posted: 10/06/2025

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We are recruiting for a multi-skilled maintenance engineer (mechanical biased) to work in a large scale manufacturing facility in the Blackburn area. The role with be providing maintenance engineering to the onsite production/manufacturing equipment and plant to ensure efficient operation and reduce down-time. The role will involve preventative maintenance and reactive repair works. The position is a permanent role paying circa 45.7k (inc SA) and based off an alternating early and late shift pattern. Week 1 – Mon-Fri 06:00-14:00, week 2 Mon-Thur 13:45 – 22:15.

Maintenance Engineer duties:
Preventive maintenance / Minimising downtime
Continuous improvement – To enhance reliability and performance.
Reactive repairs
Working across a variety of processing and manufacturing plant (mechanical bias)
Plus work on PLC’s, controls, Scada, compressors
Chemical and polymer processing equipment
Liaising and overlap with the electrical bias engineers

In order to be successful 
Ideally recognised apprenticeship in relevant discipline (preferably mechanical)
Experience of working within a process or production/manufacturing facility
Knowledge of working with PLC’s, Scada etc.
Detailed knowledge of preventative, predictive and lifecycle maintenance activities.
Mechanical fault finding, maintenance and experience.
Ideally to have previous experience working within chemical plant facilities

PRS are a leading specialist recruitment and search & selection consultancy within the Manufacturing Engineering and Building Services, FM and Support Sectors. 
Please note if you have not heard from us within 5 days, then your application has not been successful. 
PRS is an equal opportunity employer.
Matt Soulsby

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