Maintenance Engineer

Kapital 7 Recruitment; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join a busy Production Team in Cheltenham, England. This role includes proactive and reactive maintenance to ensure efficiency and uphold production standards. Candidates should have experience with mechanical and electrical systems, and ideally hold a relevant qualification such as ONC or HND. The position offers a salary of £46k along with great benefits and opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Great benefits

Overtime

Training & Development

Qualifications

• Proven ability to work with electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic equipment.
• Experience in proactive and reactive maintenance.
• Relevant qualifications such as ONC, HND, or City & Guilds.

Responsibilities

• Perform proactive, planned-maintenance to meet efficiency targets.
• Carry out reactive maintenance to reduce machine downtime.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement projects.

Skills

Fault finding on mechanical and electrical equipment

Proactive maintenance

Reactive maintenance

Pneumatics and hydraulics

Education

ONC or HND / HNC or City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3

Tools

Steam and heat exchangers

Soft water plants

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

Cheltenham

£46k + Great Benefits + Overtime + Training & Development

Permanent

I am currently looking for Shift Engineers to strengthen a busy Production Team based in the Gloucestershire area.

With a strong multi‑skilled background, and the proven ability to work with electrical, mechanical and pneumatic equipment, your key responsibilities include:

• Proactive, planned‑preventative maintenance to ensure our existing equipment is able to meet capacity demand and efficiency targets.
• Reactive maintenance to ensure minimal machine downtime.
• Identifying and delivering against opportunities to implement changes and continuous improvement projects to maximise plant efficiencies.
• Assisting with the introduction of new equipment to a market‑leading production facility as part of our continued drive for innovation.
• Continuous professional development through industry specific training.

You will be able to fault find on a range of mechanical and electrical equipment, including hydraulics and pneumatics. Experience with Steam, heat exchangers and soft water plants would be advantageous.

Ideally you will have a relevant qualification - which may include an ONC or HND / HNC or a City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3.

Please note there is NO Sponsorship available with this role.