Maintenance Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Limited; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,500 - 61,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Paid breaks

Company pension

Generous holiday allowance

Ongoing technical training and develop

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Limited is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join our client in North Bristol on a 12-hour shift rotation. The role covers maintenance across process plant and automation equipment, with a focus on improving reliability and availability.

You will perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot electrical and mechanical faults, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within a large multi-site manufacturing group.

Qualifications

• Experience with planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdowns.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Able to fault-find electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience with PLC-controlled equipment is desirable.
• Willing to work 12-hour shifts.

Responsibilities

• Planned preventative maintenance.
• Reactive breakdown support.
• Root-cause analysis and reliability improvements.
• Planned engineering projects.
• Equipment upgrades and modifications.
• Continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting wider group engineering and reliability programmes.
• Improving plant performance, efficiency and equipment availability.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Fault finding

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

PLC systems

Root-cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Automation

Pumps & piping

Job description

Maintenance Engineer – North Bristol

£53,500 – Weekly Pay – Paid Breaks – Excellent Benefits

Overview

This is an opportunity to join a large, well-invested manufacturing business that continues to invest heavily in its engineering function, equipment and people. The site is a technically interesting manufacturing operation with a strong engineering team and an excellent reputation for staff retention. Alongside supporting day-to-day production, the engineering department plays an active role in driving reliability improvements, continuous improvement projects and group-wide engineering initiatives. If you enjoy getting to the root cause of problems rather than simply replacing parts, this could be an excellent opportunity.

Role

Working as part of a multi-skilled engineering team, you will be responsible for planned preventative maintenance, reactive breakdown support and continuous improvement across a varied manufacturing plant. You will be involved in maintaining and improving a broad range of equipment including:

• Process plant and production machinery
• Pumps, valves and pipework
• Steam and heating systems
• Conveyors and automated equipment
• Three‑phase motors and motor control systems
• Sensors, relays, contactors and control panels
• Variable speed drives and electrical fault finding
• Bearings, gearboxes, chains, sprockets and mechanical power transmission
• Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• PLC‑controlled equipment

Key Responsibilities

• Planned preventative maintenance
• Reactive breakdown support
• Root‑cause analysis and reliability improvements
• Planned engineering projects
• Equipment upgrades and modifications
• Continuous improvement initiatives
• Supporting wider group engineering and reliability programmes
• Improving plant performance, efficiency and equipment availability

Shift Pattern

• 12‑hour rotating shift pattern (days and nights)
• One full week off within each rotation (rota will be provided upon application)
• Excellent work‑life balance

What's on Offer

• Salary of around £53,500
• Weekly pay
• Paid breaks
• Company pension
• Generous holiday allowance
• Ongoing technical training and development
• Investment in engineering and manufacturing technology
• Long‑term career progression within a large multi‑site manufacturing group
• Opportunity to contribute to wider engineering and reliability projects across the business

About You

We are keen to hear from maintenance engineers who enjoy fault finding and improving equipment reliability. You will ideally have experience working within a manufacturing, production, process or automated engineering environment and be confident fault finding across both electrical and mechanical systems. Whether your experience comes from FMCG, packaging, aerospace, automotive, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, building products or another manufacturing sector, we would be interested in hearing from you if you enjoy solving problems and making equipment perform at its best.