Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Overview

As a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, you will service and repair production machinery to minimise downtime and boost reliability. You join a dedicated maintenance team within a fast-paced manufacturing site, tackling fault-finding and improvements to keep production safe and efficient. You’ll work hands-on to diagnose issues, support continuous improvement, and mentor apprentices, contributing to stable operations and equipment performance. This role offers a steady path for developing your engineering career in a practical, team-focused environment.

Pay / Benefits

• £36,000 salary
• permanent position
• 4-shift pattern
• hands-on role
• overtime opportunities
• team-focused environment

Responsibilities

• Carry out mechanical maintenance and repairs on production machinery, plant and equipment
• Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to minimise breakdowns and downtime
• Diagnose and resolve machine breakdowns quickly and effectively
• Fault find on mechanical systems, including gearboxes and associated machinery
• Work with pneumatic and hydraulic systems and circuits
• Liaise with on-site contractors and remote service engineers
• Use a CMMS maintenance system to record activities, breakdowns and completed work
• Monitor and maintain levels of critical engineering spare parts
• Support continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives
• Provide guidance and mentor apprentices within the maintenance team
• Work independently and use initiative when responding to breakdowns and technical issues
• Support the wider engineering team with overtime when required

Key requirements

• NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 4 years’ industrial maintenance experience
• Experience in manufacturing/production/industrial engineering environment
• Strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding skills
• Experience with gearboxes, machinery and mechanical systems
• Good understanding of pneumatics and hydraulics
• Experience performing PPM and reactive maintenance
• Experience using CMMS
• Good communication skills and ability to work with contractors and external engineers
• Ability to work independently, prioritise workloads and use initiative
• Flexibility to work overtime to support production
• communication
• problem-solving
• initiative
• mechanical maintenance
• fault-finding
• gearboxes

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