Carding Maintenance Engineer – Relocation Support

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Pension scheme

On-site parking

Wellbeing 360

Bike2Work scheme

Uniform provided

Holiday entitlement

Company shutdown

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is supporting a rapidly growing textile manufacturer in the South West to recruit a Carding Maintenance Engineer. You will maintain, repair and optimise carding machinery to ensure stable production, minimal downtime and high fibre quality.

This site offers relocation support and a long-term role with progression opportunities. Applicants should have hands-on carding experience, NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering and strong fault-finding skills.

Qualifications

• Proven hands‑on experience with carding machinery (cards/strippers or equivalent).
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong mechanical fault‑finding and strip‑down ability.
• Good electrical awareness (motors, sensors, drives, inverters).
• Experience in textiles, nonwovens or fibre processing environments.
• Ability to work independently and diagnose machine performance issues.
• Understanding of web formation, fibre movement and carding tolerances.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on carding machines.
• Responding to mechanical and electrical breakdowns across the carding lines.
• Diagnosing faults on cylinders, strippers, doffers, workers, lickers‑in, feed systems and delivery sections.
• Performing alignment, clearance setting, tensioning and fine adjustments.
• Working on carding equipment such as Trützschler, Spinnbau, Herguth, TAM or similar.
• Supporting rebuilds, strip‑downs and card clothing changes as required.
• Collaborating with production to resolve quality issues and improve performance.
• Contributing to root cause analysis, asset care and continuous improvement.
• Sharing knowledge with apprentices and operators to build internal capability.
• Ensuring all work is completed safely per procedures.

Skills

Carding machinery experience

Mechanical fault-finding

Electrical awareness

Independent worker

Textiles / fibre processing

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Trützschler

Spinnbau

Herguth

TAM

Job description

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is supporting a rapidly growing textile manufacturer in the South West to recruit a Carding Maintenance Engineer. You will maintain, repair and optimise carding machinery to ensure stable production, minimal downtime and high fibre quality.

This site offers relocation support and a long-term role with progression opportunities. Applicants should have hands-on carding experience, NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering and strong fault-finding skills.