Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Bias

Forward Assist Recruitment; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime available

Bonus

Benefits package

Long-term engineering environment

Job summary

Forward Assist Recruitment is seeking an experienced Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer for a heavy engineering site in Sheffield. The role focuses on mechanical maintenance and fault-finding across large machine tools and CNC equipment.

You will strip down, repair, align and rebuild machinery, with some electrical fault-finding support. A strong apprenticeship or engineering qualification is expected, and previous Webster & Bennett or similar machinery experience is a bonus.

Qualifications

• Requires strong mechanical maintenance experience.
• Experience repairing and rebuilding heavy machinery.
• Knowledge of CNC or traditional machine tools.

Responsibilities

• Planned and reactive maintenance across heavy machine tools and equipment.
• Strip down and rebuild machinery.
• Maintain bearings, gearboxes, shafts, spindles and drive systems.
• Work with hydraulics and lubrication systems.
• Perform mechanical alignment and machine rebuilds.
• Fault-find on motors, sensors, switches and basic electrical systems.
• Conduct preventative maintenance and servicing.
• Support improvements and upgrades to existing machinery.
• Work on traditional and CNC-controlled machine tools.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Heavy machinery repair

Electrical fault-finding

Education

Engineering apprenticeship or engineering qualification

Tools

CNC machines

Vertical borers

Lathes

Machining centres

Hydraulics systems

Job description

Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer

Location: Sheffield
Salary: £48,000 + overtime + bonus + benefits
Hours: Full-time

If you re the sort of engineer who is happiest with a machine stripped down in front of you, working out exactly what has failed and how to put it right, this one is worth a look.

We re recruiting for an experienced Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established heavy engineering and manufacturing site in Sheffield.

This is a predominantly mechanical-biased maintenance role, although you will need enough electrical knowledge to fault-find and support breakdowns across a range of heavy machine tools and CNC equipment.

You ll be working on large, traditional engineering machinery, including older vertical boring and CNC machine tools, so we re looking for somebody who is comfortable getting properly hands-on.

What you ll be doing

You ll be responsible for planned and reactive maintenance across heavy machine tools and associated equipment, including:

• Mechanical breakdown diagnosis and repair
• Stripping down and rebuilding machinery
• Bearings, gearboxes, shafts, spindles and drive systems
• Hydraulics and lubrication systems
• Mechanical alignment and machine rebuild work
• Fault finding on motors, sensors, switches and basic electrical systems
• Preventative maintenance and planned servicing
• Supporting improvements and upgrades to existing machinery
• Working on both traditional and CNC-controlled machine tools
• Ensuring equipment is returned to production safely and efficiently

What we re looking for

This role would suit somebody from a machine tool, heavy engineering, machining or industrial maintenance background.

Ideally, you ll bring:

• Strong mechanical maintenance experience
• Experience repairing and rebuilding heavy machinery
• Knowledge of CNC or traditional machine tools
• Experience with vertical borers, lathes, machining centres or similar equipment
• Hydraulics, bearings, gearboxes and mechanical drive knowledge
• Some electrical fault-finding capability
• The confidence to strip machinery down, identify the problem and rebuild it correctly
• A recognised engineering apprenticeship or relevant engineering qualification

Experience with Webster & Bennett machinery would be particularly interesting, although it isn t essential if you have strong experience maintaining comparable heavy machine tools.

You do not need to be a CNC programmer. This is very much about maintaining, repairing and keeping the machinery running.

What s on offer

• £48,000 basic salary
• Plenty of overtime available
• Additional bonus
• Benefits package
• Long-term, stable engineering environment
• Opportunity to work on substantial heavy engineering equipment rather than repetitive production-line maintenance

Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.