Plant Engineer

Location: North East Lincolnshire
Salary: £45,000 per annum
Hours: 45 hours per week
Shift Pattern: Negotiable
Overtime / Shift Allowance: Paid at 1.5x
Holiday: 25 days
Job Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an experienced Recycling Plant Engineer to join a modern plastics recycling facility.

The site processes mixed plastic bottles and converts them into clean, high-quality recycled feedstock for manufacturers. This is an excellent opportunity for a practical, hands-on engineer who enjoys working in a busy production environment and has strong mechanical fitting, maintenance, welding/fabrication and electrical fault-finding experience.

You will play a key role in keeping the recycling operation running efficiently, carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of processing, plant and mobile equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out mechanical fitting, installation, maintenance and repair of plant and machinery.
• Ensure recycling and processing equipment is operating safely and efficiently.
• Service, maintain and repair balers, sortation machinery and mobile plant.
• Carry out forklift maintenance and repairs.
• Undertake welding and fabrication work on heavy machinery, plant and site equipment.
• Maintain and repair conveyors, pumps, motors, gearboxes, valves and other mechanical equipment.
• Maintain PLC-controlled equipment and automated sortation machinery.
• Carry out mechanical and electrical maintenance of process equipment.
• Maintain and repair balers, compactors and shredding machinery.
• Carry out fault finding, diagnostics and reactive breakdown repairs.
• Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and accurately record follow-up work.
• Assist with equipment improvements, modifications and installation work where required.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping across the site.
• Respond to breakdowns and occasional call-outs when required.

About You

The successful candidate will be a hands-on Mechanical Engineer / Fitter with experience working with industrial machinery and ideally within a manufacturing, recycling, production or similar environment.

You should have:

• Strong mechanical maintenance and fitting experience.
• Experience maintaining industrial plant and heavy machinery.
• Welding and fabrication skills.
• Experience with forklift maintenance and repair.
• Good electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience working with conveyors, motors, gearboxes, pumps and similar industrial equipment.
• Experience with balers, compactors, shredders or recycling machinery would be advantageous.
• The ability to diagnose faults and carry out effective repairs with minimal supervision.
• A proactive approach to preventative maintenance and equipment reliability.
• A flexible approach to occasional call-outs and breakdown situations.

What’s on Offer

• £45,000 basic salary
• Overtime / shift allowance paid at 1.5x
• 25 days’ holiday
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• 45-hour working week
• Negotiable shift pattern
• Varied, hands-on engineering role
• Opportunity to work across mechanical fitting, maintenance, welding/fabrication, forklifts and recycling process equipment
• Flexible approach to additional hours, with hours returned where possible

If you’re an experienced Mechanical Fitter / Maintenance Engineer with strong practical skills and enjoy working on a wide range of heavy industrial equipment, this could be an excellent opportunity to join a growing recycling operation.