Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Fitter

Join an established industrial manufacturing business offering a varied, hands-on maintenance role within a heavy engineering environment. The company operates a range of large-scale production machinery and is looking to strengthen its engineering team with an experienced Maintenance Fitter who can support equipment reliability, minimise downtime and keep production running efficiently.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically biased Maintenance Fitter who enjoys practical fault finding, working with heavy industrial equipment and developing their skills across a range of mechanical and electrical systems.

Maintenance Fitter Responsibilities

Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on heavy industrial production machinery.

Diagnose and repair mechanical faults involving hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Undertake mechanical fitting, assembly, component replacement and general repairs.

Carry out welding, fabrication and mechanical modifications where required.

Perform basic electrical fault finding on motors, control systems and associated equipment.

Read and interpret engineering drawings and technical documentation.

Support breakdown response and planned maintenance activities to minimise production downtime.

Maintenance Fitter

Requirements

Previous maintenance engineering experience within heavy industrial manufacturing or engineering.

Strong mechanical fault-finding skills, including hydraulics, pneumatics and mechanical fitting.

Apprentice-trained, time-served or relevant engineering qualifications preferred.

Basic electrical fault-finding ability would be advantageous.

Experience maintaining large-scale industrial production equipment.

Flexibility to work rotating shifts and overtime when required.

Maintenance Fitter Benefits

OTE of £40,000+.

Current two-shift rotation:

6am-2pm, Monday to Friday.

2pm-12am, Monday to Thursday.

33 days' holiday entitlement.

Company pension scheme.

Healthcare cash plan and death in service benefit after qualifying service.

Performance-related bonus scheme.

Opportunity to develop skills across a variety of heavy industrial machinery.

The shift pattern may change in the future to meet operational

requirements, so flexibility is essential.

Apply now or get in touch for more details on this Maintenance Engineer opportunity.

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