About this role
Join a World Class Manufacturing Team in Peterborough
Are you a skilled Mechanical Maintenance Engineer looking for your next challenge in a fast-paced manufacturing environment? Do you enjoy fault finding, improving equipment reliability, and helping to keep world-class production lines running at peak performance?
At Crown, we're not just producing cans, we're creating world-class products through innovation, precision, and teamwork. With over 130 years of global success, operations across 39 countries, and a reputation for manufacturing excellence, we offer the stability of a global leader combined with the energy and ambition of a high-performing and growing site.
Our Peterborough facility has rapidly established itself as one of the best-performing plants within the Crown network. As we continue to invest in our people and operations, we're looking for a talented Maintenance Engineer to join our Engineering team.
The Opportunity
Working on a 4 on 4 off rotating shift pattern covering days and nights, you'll play a key role in supporting production by ensuring mechanical breakdowns are quickly diagnosed, repaired, and prevented from reoccurring.
As part of our Engineering team, you'll work across a wide range of manufacturing equipment, taking both a proactive and reactive approach to maintenance. You'll carry out fault finding, identify root causes of equipment failures, and implement corrective actions that improve reliability and performance.
You will support our Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programme through effective use of our Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring preventative maintenance activities are completed to a high standard. You'll also provide recommendations for equipment improvements and reliability enhancements that contribute to overall plant performance.
A key element of the role involves the manufacture, repair, and modification of engineering components. You'll utilise a range of workshop equipment and techniques including lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, fabrication, and welding processes to re-engineer or reverse engineer components where required.
Working closely with Production, Continuous Improvement teams, and fellow Engineers, you'll help deliver safe, efficient, and reliable manufacturing operations 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
What's on Offer
- Salary of £57,089
- Pension scheme and healthcare benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Career progression within a global manufacturing organisation
- Opportunity to work in a world-class manufacturing environment
- A supportive and collaborative team culture
What You'll Bring
You'll be a qualified Level 3 Mechanical or Maintenance Engineer with a minimum of two years experience within a manufacturing environment. You'll have a strong understanding of mechanical maintenance principles, fault diagnosis, and preventative maintenance techniques, together with a proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
You will be safety-focused, quality-driven, and thrive in a team environment. Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to remain calm under pressure will be essential to your success in this role.
Key Skills and Experience
- Mechanical fault finding and repairs on production equipment
- Precise alignment techniques using a range of measuring tools
- Maintenance and troubleshooting of hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Use of CMMS systems for maintenance reporting and planning
- Supporting manufacturing operations to minimise downtime
- Experience using engineering workshop equipment including lathes, milling machines, grinders, fabrication, and welding equipment
- Root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions
- Commitment to TPM, continuous improvement, and equipment reliability
Why Crown?
At Crown Peterborough, we invest in our people because we know they drive our success. In just three years, around 20% of our employees have progressed into new opportunities, while many others have developed their careers through apprenticeships and professional development programmes across Engineering, HR, Continuous Improvement, and Leadership.
You'll be joining a business that genuinely values its people, where high performance is recognised, development is encouraged, and teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. If you're looking for an opportunity to make a real impact within a world-class manufacturing operation while developing your engineering career with a global organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and be part of a team where #ThisTeamCan.
