Maintenance Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Careers; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A textile manufacturing company in Bridgwater is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to manage carding machinery performance, reliability, and quality. This role includes planned maintenance and rapid response to machine breakdowns. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with carding processes. Competitive salary of £50,000 plus shift premium offered.

Qualifications

• Time-served mechanical engineer required.
• Understanding of fibre behaviour and machine tolerances essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair and optimise carding machinery.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM).
• Diagnose faults on carding lines.

Skills

Hands-on carding experience

Mechanical fault diagnosis

Planned preventative maintenance

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

Days (Monday-Friday) or shift based (4on4off / double days) will be considered

£50,000 + Shift Premium

Bridgwater, Somerset

Are you a time-served mechanical engineer with hands-on carding experience? Do you understand fibre behaviour, machine tolerances and the fine adjustments needed to keep carding lines running smoothly?

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a rapidly growing textile manufacturer who have increased turnover by more than 150% in five years. With continued investment across the site, they're looking for a Carding Maintenance Engineer to take ownership of carding machinery performance, reliability and quality.

This is a rare opportunity in the South West to join a specialist process-driven manufacturer where your carding experience genuinely matters.

This is what you'll be doing

You’ll be responsible for maintaining, repairing and optimising a range of carding machinery and fibre-processing equipment. Your work will ensure stable production, consistent web formation and minimal downtime.

Responsibilities include:

1. Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on carding machines
2. Responding to mechanical and electrical breakdowns across the carding lines
3. Diagnosing faults on cylinders, strippers, doffers, workers, lickers-in, feed systems and delivery sectio...