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Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias) £36,000 - £40,000 + Overtime + Training + Days Based + Permanent Southend-on-Sea Are you a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer from a manufacturing, industrial, or similar background, looking for a hands-on, varied role working on complex machinery rather than repetitive production lines? This is an opportunity to join a well-established leisure and entertainment organisation with a strong safety culture and long-term job security, offering a supportive team environment, structured training, and ongoing development on specialist equipment. In this role you will maintaining a wide range of amusement rides, attractions, and supporting plant equipment. Full training will be provided on specialist ride systems, inspections, and industry standards. The role would suit a Mechanically biased Maintenance Engineer who enjoys responsibility, variety, and working on unique equipment where no two days are the same. THE ROLE: Preventative and reactive maintenance on amusement rides, attractions, and general plantMechanical fault-finding on motors, gearboxes, bearings, chains, drives, pumps, and hydraulic systemsSupporting daily safety checks and inspectionsWorking safely at height and with lifting equipment where requiredCompleting maintenance records and documentation accuratelyWorking as part of a close-knit maintenance team in a safety-critical environment THE PERSON: Maintenance Engineer with a mechanical bias or similarCommutable to Southend-on-Sea Reference:BBBH23040B Key words: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Plant Maintenance, Heavy Machinery, Amusement Rides, Leisure Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, PPM, Reactive Mainte