Multi-Skilled Engineering Technician (Maintenance & Reliability)
ElancoGreater Liverpool Area
Added 5 Aug · still live
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£42,500
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 3113 is an eligible occupation, but we classified this role with low confidence (41% match). If the code is right — and Elanco is a licensed sponsor — it should qualify, but double-check the occupation eligibility rules against the actual role.
About the role
At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role:
We're looking for a hands-on Multi-Skilled Engineering Technician to join our Reliability Team at our Speke manufacturing site.
This is a brand-new role created to improve asset reliability, reduce repeat failures, minimise downtime, and accelerate the resolution of recurring equipment issues across the site. You'll become part of a specialist engineering team focused on identifying root causes, delivering sustainable corrective actions, and improving long-term equipment performance - not just fixing the same problem repeatedly.
Working Monday to Friday (day shift), you'll support a wide range of manufacturing equipment, including packaging lines, process equipment, filling systems, mixing vessels, utilities, and automation systems.
This role is for you if you enjoy solving problems that others haven't been able to fix. You're naturally curious, analytical, and comfortable working across different types of manufacturing equipment.
You thrive in a collaborative environment, communicate well with both engineers and manufacturing teams, and take pride in finding practical, long-term solutions rather than temporary fixes.
Most importantly, you enjoy being part of a team that will play a key role in improving equipment reliability and helping shape the future of engineering performance at the Speke site.
This role combines hands-on technical support with proactive reliability improvement activity, making it ideal for someone who enjoys both fault finding and preventing issues from recurring.
Your Responsibilities:
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role:
We're looking for a hands-on Multi-Skilled Engineering Technician to join our Reliability Team at our Speke manufacturing site.
This is a brand-new role created to improve asset reliability, reduce repeat failures, minimise downtime, and accelerate the resolution of recurring equipment issues across the site. You'll become part of a specialist engineering team focused on identifying root causes, delivering sustainable corrective actions, and improving long-term equipment performance - not just fixing the same problem repeatedly.
Working Monday to Friday (day shift), you'll support a wide range of manufacturing equipment, including packaging lines, process equipment, filling systems, mixing vessels, utilities, and automation systems.
This role is for you if you enjoy solving problems that others haven't been able to fix. You're naturally curious, analytical, and comfortable working across different types of manufacturing equipment.
You thrive in a collaborative environment, communicate well with both engineers and manufacturing teams, and take pride in finding practical, long-term solutions rather than temporary fixes.
Most importantly, you enjoy being part of a team that will play a key role in improving equipment reliability and helping shape the future of engineering performance at the Speke site.
This role combines hands-on technical support with proactive reliability improvement activity, making it ideal for someone who enjoys both fault finding and preventing issues from recurring.
Your Responsibilities:
- Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, and automation equipment failures across the manufacturing site.
- Investigate recurring equipment issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Carry out both reactive maintenance and planned reliability activities to maximise equipment availability.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Work across a diverse range of equipment, including packaging lines, filling and mixing systems, utilities, and automated manufacturing equipment.
- Collaborate closely with Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance teams to minimise downtime and improve site performance.
- Record maintenance activities using the site's Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring accurate failure reporting, corrective actions, and maintenance history are captured.
- Promote safe working practices while ensuring compliance with site quality and engineering standards.
- Support problem-solving and root cause investigations using a structured approach to identify trends, failure modes, and long-term improvement opportunities.
- Contribute to improving equipment uptime, reliability, and maintainability on key site assets.
- NVQ Level 3, ONC, HNC, or equivalent qualification.
- Experience in a manufacturing or industrial maintenance environment with exposure to fault finding, equipment improvement, and planned maintenance activities.
- Multi-skilled engineering experience with both mechanical and electrical fault finding.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently while building effective relationships across multiple teams.
- Ability to analyse repeat equipment failures and support practical, data-led solutions.
- Experience working within pharmaceutical, chemical, food, FMCG, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
- Knowledge of PLC-controlled equipment and industrial automation, including the ability to carry out first-line fault finding on automated systems.
- Experience with reliability engineering, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
- Experience using condition monitoring techniques such as vibration analysis or ultrasound.
- VCAT Level I qualification (or willingness to work towards certification).
- Experience using CMMS data to identify repeat failures, track trends, and support reliability improvement plans.
- Experience working with a wide range of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment, including packaging lines, process equipment, filling systems, mixing vessels, site utilities, and automated production systems, within a regulated and quality-focused environment.
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
Elanco may use automated tools, including AI, to support parts of our recruitment process, such as reviewing applications against job‑related criteria and/or transferrable skills. These tools help ensure a consistent, structured evaluation, but they do not make hiring decisions. All decisions involve a human reviewer. For more information on how we handle personal data, please see our Elanco Workforce Privacy Notice.
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 3113 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~82k in sampleP25 £35kP75 £56k
£28kmedian £45kgoing rate £43k£56k
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 3113 going rate of £42,500. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.