Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician

Hydro; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 44,000 - GBP 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aluminium and renewable energy company is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for its Wrexham facility. The role involves conducting electrical and mechanical maintenance, ensuring safety standards, and participating in continuous improvement initiatives. Ideal candidates are time-served technicians with relevant qualifications in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and experience in heavy industry. The position offers competitive salary, training opportunities, and additional perks including bonuses and insurance.

Benefits

Annual bonus based on performance

Private medical insurance

Salary sacrifice pension

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced paid maternity & paternity leave

Qualifications

• Time served / apprentice trained Technician in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience in a heavy industrial, manufacturing, or engineering environment.
• Practical knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical motion control systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct electrical and mechanical planned maintenance tasks without supervision.
• Complete reactive/corrective actions for equipment.
• Maintain housekeeping standards to ensure a clean and safe workplace.

Skills

Electrical Engineering skills

Mechanical fault-finding

Good communication

IT skills

Education

ONC / HNC / City & Guilds Level 3 qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP Fiori

Job description

Location: Wrexham, Wales, GB, LL13 9PS Career area: Maintenance Job Type: Permanent Apply by: February 27, 2026

Do you want to be part of a team that makes some of the greenest aluminium in the world? At Hydro we are a global family of 32,000 people that extract, produce, shape and reuse the world’s most flexible and sustainable metal into infinite innovations and applications.

Hydro’s aluminium remelting facility in Wrexham employs 54 people and produces up to 70,000 metric tons per year of extrusion ingot by recycling aluminium (utilizing a mix of post-consumed, factory arisings & primary metal).

What we offer you

• The option to attend training courses to become a multiskilled engineer.
• Annual bonus based on the team’s key performance indicators.
• Salary sacrifice pension with 5% employer’s contribution rising to 10% after 6 months (subject to minimum 5% contribution by employee).
• Private medical insurance & Healthcare cash plan.
• Critical illness insurance.
• Cycle to work scheme, Tech scheme, discounts & voucher platform.
• Financial coaching.
• Enhanced paid maternity & paternity leave.

Salary of £44,158 per annum plus call out allowance max. £6,000 when fully trained

Working hours are days (Monday to Friday 8am – 4pm) with 1 in 4 on-call rota The role:

What you will be doing

The role:

Hydro Wrexham recycling facility are looking for an additional engineer to join their well-established team. Training on the electrical side will be provided if needed. This role involves working on heavy industrial machinery such as overhead cranes, furnaces, hydraulics, industrial saws as well as filtration plants.

Responsibilities:

General

• Health, Safety and Environment are priorities for this company and it will be your responsibility to ensure the rules and regulations are adhered to within your department and all matters correctly dealt with in line with the company’s Health & Safety policy.
• Maintain housekeeping standards to ensure a clean and safe workplace.
• Have an active role in the company’s continuous improvement work and plans for future growth within the company.
• All employees are responsible for ensuring company resources are used in an effective manner to ensure best operating costs.
• Ensure good communication is given either verbally or in writing to all members of staff.

Role

• Conduct electrical and mechanical planned maintenance tasks without supervision.
• Complete reactive/corrective actions returning equipment to expected standard output, quality and waste levels following fault diagnosis.
• Sourcing parts and material details from suppliers and arranging parts through technical administration.
• Conduct continuous machine observation and measurement, identifying & rectifying potential issues.
• Use manuals, failure history and involvement with root cause analysis as part of a multi-functional team to develop preventative tasks/improvement projects in line with TPM objectives.
• Ensure operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by undertaking preventive and reactive maintenance activities.
• Developing preventative maintenance tasks by utilising manuals, failure history, and fully understanding the design and operation of equipment
• Regular use of digital equipment, including Microsoft Office and CMMS. Including HMI visual interpretation for fault finding & alarm notifications
• Use SAP Fiori to manage job requests, record breakdown and/or PM findings including technical completion submission.
• Provide on-call cover for shift maintenance engineers.

What will make you successful?

The successfully appointed Maintenance Engineer will have the following skills and abilities:

• Be a time served / apprentice trained Technician, with an ONC / HNC / City & Guilds Level 3 qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or similar).
• Mechanical fault-finding skills, with practical knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics and electrical / electronic motion control systems (training provided).
• Experience of working within a heavy industrial, manufacturing, or engineering environment
• Good English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Good basic numeracy and IT skills.

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion/belief, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age or disability.

About Hydro

• Hydro is a leading aluminium and renewable energy company committed to a sustainable future
• Founded: 1905
• Number of employees: 32,000
• Company presence in around 40 countries worldwide