Mechanical Day Technician

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Date: 23 Mar 2026

Location: Liverpool, GB, L21 1LA

In this role you will complete planned and reactive maintenance in a safe manner, ensuring the reliability, availability and safe performance of equipment. You will work to Safe Systems of Works for all activities, driving and delivering a safe working culture. Liaising with the Engineering Manager, you will report parts and materials needs promptly.

You will ensure effective and efficient management of reactive maintenance, with special attention to breakdowns during operation, attending and fixing breakdowns in a swift and safe manner. You will complete required training as and when required, demonstrating commitment to multi-skills activity where appropriate.

This role is classified as safety critical. Your duties in this role may include driving on site; working at height and/or in confined spaces; operating/driving plant; manual handling; lone working; night work. If successful in your application, you will be required to attend a pre-placement medical assessment to confirm your fitness for work in this role.

You will have a strong Mechanical Engineering background, ideally on Container Handling equipment, alongside:

• A good understanding of modern maintenance strategies i.e. RCM, FEMECA, CBM, TPM
• Experience of Motors and Variable speed controllers is essential
• Hold a minimum ONC (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering
• Troubleshooting, fault finding and repair knowledge is key for this role
• Full valid driving licence

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
• Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!