Cross-Skilled Engineer
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Multi-Skilled Engineer to join our team at Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.
This is a hands-on, varied role where no two days are the same.
You’ll be working across both mechanical and electrical systems, helping to keep our processing plant running at optimum performance.
You’ll play a key role in delivering planned maintenance, responding to breakdowns quickly and effectively, and supporting plant upgrades and improvement projects.
What you’ll be doing
Keeping the plant running
• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across mechanical and electrical equipment
• Fault finding and resolving issues quickly to reduce downtime
• Working on a range of plant including pumps, motors, conveyors, fans, filters and mills
• Improving performance
• Supporting equipment upgrades, installations and improvement projects
• Identifying root causes of breakdowns and helping prevent repeat issues
• Recording work and contributing to continuous improvement
Planning & teamwork
• Coordinating with supervisors to plan maintenance and shutdown work
• Making sure parts and resources are available when needed
• Working collaboratively within a close-knit engineering team
• Working safely
• Following Imerys safety standards, permits and procedures
• Completing risk assessments and maintaining safe working practices
• Keeping work areas clean, organised and compliant
What good looks like
• Enjoys hands-on, problem-solving engineering work
• Has a multi-skilled mindset (mechanical + electrical awareness)
• Takes pride in reliability and efficiency
• Performs well under pressure and reacts quickly to breakdowns
• Works well in a team and takes ownership of tasks
What you’ll bring
Key Skills for This Role
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What we offer
- At Imerys, our engineering roles are about more than maintenance — they’re about keeping critical operations moving safely, reliably and efficiently.
In return for your skills, we offer a competitive package and long-term career stability, including
- Competitive salary with additional earning potential (shift, standby & overtime)
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
- Pension, life cover and income protection
- Private medical insurance & wellbeing support
- Enhanced family leave and carers’ leave
- Cycle to Work and salary sacrifice schemes
- Recognition awards and genuine career progression opportunities
- You’ll also benefit from ongoing investment in your development, with training across both mechanical and electrical disciplines to further enhance your multi-skilled capability.
We’re looking for a Multi-Skilled Engineer to join our team at Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.
- This is a hands-on, varied role where no two days are the same. You’ll be working across both mechanical and electrical systems, helping to keep our processing plant running at optimum performance.
- You’ll play a key role in delivering planned maintenance, responding to breakdowns quickly and effectively, and supporting plant upgrades and improvement projects.
Keeping the plant running
Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across mechanical and electrical equipment
Fault finding and resolving issues quickly to reduce downtime
Working on a range of plant including pumps, motors, conveyors, fans, filters and mills
Improving performance
Supporting equipment upgrades, installations and improvement projects
Identifying root causes of breakdowns and helping prevent repeat issues
Recording work and contributing to continuous improvement
Planning & teamwork
Coordinating with supervisors to plan maintenance and shutdown work
Making sure parts and resources are available when needed
Working collaboratively within a close-knit engineering team
Working safely
Following Imerys safety standards, permits and procedures
Completing risk assessments and maintaining safe working practices
Keeping work areas clean, organised and compliant
What good looks like
Enjoys hands-on, problem-solving engineering work
Has a multi-skilled mindset (mechanical + electrical awareness)
Takes pride in reliability and efficiency
Performs well under pressure and reacts quickly to breakdowns
Works well in a team and takes ownership of tasks
Essential
Engineering experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment
NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent apprenticeship)
Experience with planned maintenance and breakdown response
Strong commitment to health & safety
Valid license to drive in the UK
Desirable
Multi-skilled experience across mechanical and electrical systems
Mobile plant licences (e.g. forklift, MEWP, telehandler)
Welding or fabrication skills
Confined space training
Experience using ERP systems such as SAP
Why Imerys?
At Imerys, you’re not just joining a company — you’re building a long-term engineering career in a business that invests in its people.
You’ll benefit from stable, secure employment, a supportive team environment, opportunities to develop your skills, and a role where your work has a real impact on site performance.
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About Imerys
Public French industrial minerals company supplying specialty mineral-based solutions to construction, automotive, energy and other industries.
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