Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician

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

Job summary

A global aluminum provider in Wrexham is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician to join their team. This role involves conducting electrical and mechanical maintenance on industrial machinery, ensuring compliance with health and safety policies. The ideal candidate will have a relevant engineering qualification and experience in a heavy industrial environment. The company offers competitive benefits, including a salary of £50,368 per annum and an annual bonus based on performance.

Benefits

Annual bonus based on performance

Salary sacrifice pension with employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Enhanced paid maternity & paternity leave

Qualifications

• Time-served or apprentice trained Technician.
• Experience in a heavy industrial, manufacturing, or engineering environment.
• Practical knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics, training provided.

Responsibilities

• Conduct electrical and mechanical planned maintenance tasks.
• Complete reactive/corrective actions and source parts.
• Ensure operation of machinery through preventive and reactive maintenance.

Skills

Mechanical fault-finding skills

Good English communication

Basic numeracy and IT skills

Education

ONC / HNC / City & Guilds Level 3 qualification

Tools

SAP Fiori

Microsoft Office

Job description

Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Technician (Shift)

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 aluminum remelting facility in Wrexham employs 54 people and produces up to 70,000 metric tonnes 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 multi‑skilled 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 a minimum 5% contribution by employee).
• Paid breaks.
• Life insurance (4 times salary).
• 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 £50,368 per annum

Working hours are shifts (2 days 2 nights 6:30–6:30, followed by 4 off)

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 and filtration plants.

Responsibilities

General

• Health, Safety and Environment are our priorities 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.
• 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.

What will make you successful?

• 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.

Location

Wrexham, Wales, GB, LL13 9PS

Job Type & Application Deadline

Permanent – Apply by: February 27, 2026