Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Questech Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team within a busy manufacturing environment.

Salary: Around £39,000 per annum
Hours: Monday to Friday – Rotating Days & Afters
Overtime: Weekend overtime available at enhanced rates

This is an excellent opportunity for an apprentice-trained Mechanical Engineer who enjoys hands-on maintenance and working with a wide variety of machinery. The site operates an interesting mix of equipment ranging from 1950s machinery through to modern-day equipment, making this a varied position for an engineer with strong mechanical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.

The Role

• Responding promptly to machinery breakdowns and carrying out effective repairs to minimise production downtime.
• Mechanical fault finding, diagnostics and repairs.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) in line with the site maintenance schedule.
• Completing regular machine maintenance programmes and associated documentation.
• Maintaining and repairing gearboxes, bearings, belts, motors and other mechanical components.
• Working on press brakes and similar manufacturing machinery.
• Maintaining a varied range of machinery, from equipment dating back to the 1950s through to modern-day machinery.
• Supporting general building and facilities maintenance when required.
• Carrying out basic electrical fault finding and maintenance where appropriate.

The Person

The successful Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will:

• Be apprentice trained with an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Have previous experience as a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer or similar.
• Have strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding experience.
• Have experience working with press brakes or similar industrial/manufacturing machinery.
• Have hands-on experience with gearboxes, bearings, belts, motors and mechanical systems.
• Be comfortable working on both older and modern manufacturing machinery.
• Have experience within a manufacturing, production or industrial environment.
• Ideally have some electrical maintenance and fault-finding knowledge.

For more information or to apply, contact:

Holly Walker
Questech Recruitment