At a Glance
- Tasks: Keep production running smoothly with maintenance and repairs on machinery.
- Company: Leading manufacturing business in Whitby, North Yorkshire.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, health insurance, pension scheme, and generous holiday allowance.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for growth and learning.
- Why this job: Join a stable company where your engineering skills will be valued and developed.
- Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 in Engineering and strong electrical/mechanical maintenance experience required.
The predicted salary is between 23.83 - 23.83 £ per hour.
A leading manufacturing business is looking to recruit an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join its established engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity for a multi-skilled engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills to work in a fast-paced production environment where reliability, efficiency and continuous improvement are key.
The Opportunity
As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll play a key role in keeping production running efficiently by carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance across a range of manufacturing equipment. You'll be involved in fault-finding, repairs, preventative maintenance and project work, ensuring machinery performs at its best while maintaining the highest safety standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Planned preventative and reactive maintenance on production machinery.
- Electrical and mechanical fault-finding and repairs.
- Maintenance of extrusion equipment and associated machinery.
- Maintaining site services including chillers, compressors and ancillary equipment.
- Working with PLC-controlled equipment and assisting with fault diagnosis.
- Updating maintenance records and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
- Participating in the engineering on-call rota.
- Ensuring all work is completed in line with Health & Safety procedures and safe working practices.
What We're Looking For
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in an Engineering discipline.
- Strong electrical and mechanical maintenance experience.
- 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification (or equivalent).
- Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment.
- PLC knowledge and fault-finding experience.
- Good understanding of preventative maintenance systems.
- Extrusion experience would be highly advantageous.
- Self-motivated team player with a proactive approach to problem solving.
Package
- £23.83 per hour plus shift allowance.
- Monday to Friday rotating shifts (06:00-14:00 / 14:00-22:00).
- One weekend in four on-call rota with standby and call-out payments.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Health insurance.
- 20 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 25 days + bank holidays after year one.
If you're an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer looking to join a stable and growing manufacturer where your skills will be valued and developed, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today for a confidential discussion.
