Maintains Engineer

Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Salary: £23.91 per hour (£43,421 basic salary) + 10% night shift allowance + overtime opportunities
Contract: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Customer Demand Led Rota (CDLR) - 3 x 12-hour shifts per week (1816 annualised hours)

We're looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established manufacturing site in Bradford.

The role involves a mix of planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown work across a variety of production machinery. Around 70% of the workload is mechanically focused, making this a great opportunity for either a mechanically biased or multi-skilled engineer who enjoys fault finding and problem solving.

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdown repairs.
• Diagnose and rectify mechanical and electrical faults.
• Maintain production machinery and associated equipment.
• Work on conveyors, bearings, motors, pulleys, timing belts, sensors and pneumatic equipment.
• Support continuous improvement and reliability initiatives.
• Complete maintenance records using maintenance management systems.
• Assist with machine installations, testing and commissioning activities.
• Work closely with production teams to minimise downtime and maximise performance.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out safely and in line with company procedures.

We're open to engineers from a variety of manufacturing backgrounds.

Whilst an electrically biased engineer would be advantageous, strong mechanically biased engineers with some electrical fault-finding experience are also of interest.

• Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or Electrical Maintenance Engineer.
• Manufacturing or production maintenance experience.
• Experience carrying out reactive and preventative maintenance.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working on production machinery.
• Knowledge of conveyors, bearings, motors and mechanical drive systems.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn.

• Multi-skilled maintenance background.
• Electrical fault-finding experience.
• Experience working with:
  • Pneumatics
  • Hydraulics
  • Sensors
  • Timing belts
  • Pulleys
  • Lathes
  • Milling machines
  • PLC fault finding
• Experience within packaging, FMCG, food manufacturing, plastics, recycling or other manufacturing environments.

• Engineering apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Previous maintenance engineering experience.

• Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification.
• Multi-skilled engineering training.
• Additional electrical qualifications.

• £23.91 per hour (£43,421 basic salary).
• Additional 10% night shift allowance.
• Overtime opportunities available.
• 3 x 12-hour shifts per week.
• Annual rota provided in advance.
• Annualised hours contract (1816 hours per year).
• Maximum of four working days per week.
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
• 20 protected holiday days.
• Pension scheme through Legal & General with employer contributions up to 11%.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Excellent work-life balance.

• Join a stable manufacturing business with approximately 130 employees onsite.
• Supportive and experienced engineering team.
• Opportunity to work on a broad range of manufacturing equipment.
• Training available to help develop your skills and career.
• Annual rota provided in advance, offering excellent visibility of your working year.
• Genuine long-term career opportunity within a business that values attitude, reliability and continuous development.

The successful candidate will be someone who:

• Has a solid maintenance engineering background.
• Enjoys fault finding and problem solving.
• Takes pride in their work and working environment.
• Works well as part of a team.
• Has a stable employment history.
• Is looking to continue learning and developing their engineering skills.
• Wants to build a long-term career within a supportive engineering environment.

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