Maintenance Engineer

Injection Moulding Maintenance Engineer

• Location: Yaxley (Peterborough)
  
  
• Type: Full-time, Permanent
  
  
• Salary: Up to £50,000 (depending on experience)
  
  
• Hours: 6am - 6pm - Monday to Thursday
  
  About Us
  With over 60 years’ heritage, our client is committed to high quality, consistency, and innovation.
  
  What You’ll Be Doing
  You’ll keep our injection moulding plant moving
  
  Key responsibilities include:
  
  
• Carrying out preventive and corrective maintenance on injection moulding machines, robots, and associated systems
  
  
• Diagnosing and repairing mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical faults
  
  
• Servicing, calibrating, and ensuring compliance with safety standards
  
  
• Acting fast on breakdowns to minimise downtime
  
  
• Working with production teams to root-cause and solve recurring issues
  
  
• Supporting installation, commissioning, decommissioning of equipment
  
  
• Keeping rigorous maintenance records, managing spare parts usage, and analysing breakdown history
  
  
• Upholding health, safety, and environmental regulations
  
  
• Driving or supporting continuous improvement projects (upgrades, modifications, process improvements)
  
  
• Coordinating with external suppliers and contractors when specialist support is needed
  
  What You’ll Bring
  We’re after someone hands-on, sharp, and proactive.
  
  Ideally:
  
  
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in a maintenance engineering role in manufacturing
  
  
• Proven experience in injection moulding or plastics environments
  
  
• Familiarity with robotics, automation & control systems
  
  
• Strong grasp of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic technologies
  
  
• Ability to read and work from technical drawings, schematics, manuals
  
  
• Solid fault-finding, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving capabilities
  
  
• Good communication, organisation, and IT skills (records, CMMS, etc.)
  
  
• A mindset of continual improvement and preventative strategy
  
  Working Pattern & Benefits
  
  
• Competitive holiday package
  
  
• On-site parking
  
  
• Access to benefits portal / perks scheme
  
  
• Collaborative culture with on-the-job training and development
  
  Why This Role Matters
  You won’t just fix machines, you’ll protect production, cut downtime, and help raise the reliability bar across the plant. If you’re someone who gets a kick out of tuning things to perfection and preventing the next breakdown before it happens, this is your zone