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Mechanical Shift Engineer

Job Reference: MECH01

Engineering
Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway
£18.75 per hour
Permanent

Job Title: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Near Lockerbie, (Fully on-site)
Shift: 4 on / 4 off, rotating day and night shifts
Pay: £18.75 per hour

The Role

HRGO Recruitment is excited to be recruiting for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer for a well-run manufacturing site near Lockerbie. Here, your mechanical skills will directly impact output and reliability. You'll handle reactive breakdowns and planned maintenance, working in a supportive engineering team with a strong safety and continuous improvement culture.

Key Duties

  • Rapid response fault-finding and repair to minimise downtime
  • Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and inspections to schedule
  • Maintain/repair conveyors, gearboxes, bearings, pumps, drives and rotating equipment
  • Work on pneumatic and hydraulic systems (diagnosis, repair, safe isolation)
  • Carry out mechanical fitting, alignment, replacements and basic fabrication as needed
  • Complete job cards/CMMS updates and support root cause analysis (RCA)

What We're Looking For (Essential)

  • Mechanical apprenticeship (or equivalent)
  • NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds (or equivalent) in Mechanical Maintenance/Engineering
  • Recent experience in manufacturing/industrial mechanical maintenance
  • Confident fault-finding on mechanical systems and rotating machinery
  • Good H&S mindset (LOTO / safe systems of work)
  • Able to work rotating days/nights on a 4 on / 4 off rota

Why Join?

With this Mechanical Maintenance Engineer role, you will have a stable rota, solid hourly rate, and a hands-on role with varied machinery.

Commutable from: Lockerbie, Lochmaben, Moffat, Gretna, Annan, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Carlisle, Dumfries