General Maintenance Chargehand | Permanent | £50,000 – £53,000 | Elton
Are you an experienced Mechanical Engineer who thrives on solving problems, leading from the front and making a real impact? If you’re ready to step into a role where your technical expertise and leadership skills drive operational excellence, we’d love to hear from you.
What You’ll Be Doing
No two days are the same. You’ll take ownership of maintenance activities while inspiring your team to deliver engineering excellence by:
- Leading and supporting a team of multi-skilled maintenance technicians.
- Driving our “Fix 4 Life” philosophy-finding permanent solutions rather than temporary fixes.
- Prioritising engineering resources to maximise equipment uptime and minimise downtime.
- Coordinating planned maintenance while responding to reactive breakdowns.
- Using root cause analysis, Kaizen and continuous improvement techniques to eliminate recurring issues.
- Coaching and mentoring engineers, helping them develop their skills and confidence.
- Managing engineering backlogs and ensuring effective use of maintenance systems (CMMS/PRISMA).
- Working closely with Operations, Quality and Engineering teams to keep production running safely and efficiently.
- Ensuring accurate shift handovers, documentation and spare parts management.
Safety Comes First
Nothing is more important than getting everyone home safely.
You’ll champion a strong health and safety culture by ensuring compliance with procedures including:
- Permit to Work
- Safe Isolation of Hazardous Energy
- PPE standards
- Safe working practices and housekeeping
You’ll lead by example, ensuring your team works safely every day.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who combines strong mechanical engineering knowledge with natural leadership.
- Time-served Mechanical Technician.
- Level 3, ONC or City & Guilds qualification.
- 5+ years’ experience in a manufacturing or industrial engineering environment.
- Proven leadership, planning and coordination skills.
- Experience coaching and mentoring others.
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving ability.
- Good IT skills including Microsoft Office.
- Able to work independently and make confident engineering decisions.
- Electro-mechanical background (approximately 70/30 mechanical bias).
- SAP knowledge.
- Experience using Continuous Improvement methodologies including Kaizen, 8D and Root Cause Analysis.
You’ll Thrive Here If You Are…
- Driven and self-motivated.
- Calm under pressure.
- A natural leader who enjoys developing others.
- Confident to respectfully challenge the status quo.
- Committed to continuous improvement.
- Focused on delivering safe, high-quality results.
- Annual leave package is equivalent to 23 days plus 10 bank holidays, if you work a shift pattern, your annual leave and bank holidays may be built directly into your rota.
- Free onsite gym for all employees
- MyBenefits Reward Platform with 100s of discounts at restaurants and retailers
- Employee Well-being benefits such as the Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme where the company contributes up to a maximum of 7%
- Life cover at 3 times your annual salary
- Subsidised onsite staff restaurant
- Free parking onsite
- Salary sacrifice Electric car scheme
- Subsidised onsite electric car charging
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhance maternity and paternity leave
- Health cash plan
- Optional Private Medical Insurance
- Optional critical illness cover
- Social club
About the company
At Encirc, we make, fill and move glass.
Part of the Vidrala group, we are a market leader in glass container design, manufacturing, bottling and logistics solutions for the UK, Irish and European food and beverages industries.
With over 2,000 employees, we operate from our three purpose-built sites: Derrylin, Co Fermanagh; Elton, Cheshire and Bristol. We produce around 3 billion glass bottles and other containers annually and can fill up to 500 million litres of bulk shipped beverages every year. Our collective purpose is to deliver and uphold world-leading sustainable innovation, with great people and a great workplace collaborating on a great future.
Joining Encirc means you will be joining a business with a bespoke, 360-approach to the beverage supply chain, spanning filling, warehousing, and logistics. Reducing the road miles and carbon footprint of our customers’ products, we are conscious disruptors prioritising sustainability and modern technology. As a forward-thinking and sustainable business, we are committed to achieving zero emissions by 2030.
Our Values
At Encirc, we’re proud to be a forward‑thinking manufacturer in a world that’s increasingly socially and environmentally conscious. Our culture is built around six core values that sit at the heart of everything we do. They guide how we work, how we make decisions, and how we support one another—helping us create a workplace where everyone can thrive.
These values aren’t just words on a wall; they’re lived, shared and championed across the business, shaping our mindset and inspiring us to keep making Encirc great for everyone.
Encirc is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Every applicant will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or religion.
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