Maintenance Engineer

Ball and Young Ltd; Corby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball and Young Ltd in Corby is seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to maintain production equipment and site services, ensuring safe, reliable and efficient operation. This rotating shift role offers variety and hands-on problem solving.

You will perform preventive and predictive maintenance, respond to breakdowns, use the CMMS, and work with engineering and production teams to drive reliability and continuous improvement while protecting safety.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 / equivalent practical maintenance experience.
• Experience in fast-paced manufacturing with PM practices.
• Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding abilities.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical manuals.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills.
• Commitment to safety and high-quality workmanship.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and preventive maintenance on site machinery and services.
• Respond to breakdowns, diagnose faults and restore equipment safely with minimal downtime.
• Create and maintain maintenance records, logs and CMMS data.
• Coordinate contractors and ensure safety, permits to work and lockout procedures.
• Perform risk assessments and ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Support continuous improvement and reliability initiatives to reduce costs.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Mechanical fault-finding

Electrical fault-finding

Interpret drawings

Risk assessments/permits

Teamwork

Education

NVQ Level 3 / equivalent

Practical engineering apprenticeship / HNC

Tools

PLC diagnostics

Electrical drawings

Job description

Job Purpose

To maintain production equipment and site services so that they operate safely, reliably and efficiently. The role provides planned and reactive maintenance, diagnoses faults, supports continuous improvement and helps minimise operational downtime. This is a rotating shift based role.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, inspections and repairs in accordance with site schedules and engineering standards.
• Respond promptly to mechanical, electrical and facilities breakdowns, diagnose faults and restore equipment safely with minimum disruption to production.
• Complete root cause analysis following significant or repeat breakdowns and implement sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Monitor equipment performance and breakdown trends, using maintenance data to improve PPM tasks, asset reliability and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Support the installation, commissioning, modification and improvement of machinery, services and production equipment.
• Ensure statutory inspections and maintenance activities are completed on time and that accurate records and certificates are retained.
• Maintain accurate work orders, shift records, maintenance logs, asset information and project updates within the company CMMS and other systems.
• Create and maintain asset registers, critical-spares lists and information on asset condition, end-of-life risk, suppliers and maintenance requirements.
• Support spare-parts control by identifying requirements, raising purchase requests and maintaining appropriate stock levels.
• Prepare and follow risk assessments, safe systems of work, lockout/tagout requirements and permits to work.
• Coordinate and monitor contractors working on site, ensuring inductions, permits and company safety requirements are followed.
• Report hazards, near misses and SHE incidents through the company reporting system within the required timescales.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards in workshops, plant rooms and work areas.
• Work collaboratively with production, quality, SHE and engineering colleagues, providing clear updates on priorities, progress and outstanding risks.
• Participate in continuous improvement, reliability and cost-reduction activities while protecting safety, quality and compliance.
• Demonstrate and uphold all Mandatory Standards, health, safety and environmental standards and actively participate in site initiatives.
• Use appropriate PPE and follow all site rules, safe operating procedures and isolation requirements.
• Stop work and escape immediately where an unsafe condition, environmental risk or serious equipment defect is identified.

Knowledge, Experience and Competence

Essential

• Relevant engineering apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, HNC or equivalent practical experience.
• Practical maintenance experience within a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment. Experience of planned preventative maintenance and practices.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and repair capability. Electrical fault-finding capability and understanding of safe electrical working practices. Ability to interpret engineering drawings, manuals and technical information.
• Ability to complete risk assessments, permits and maintenance documentation accurately. Safety-focused, methodical and committed to completing work to a high standard.
• Strong analytical and practical problem-solving skills. Able to prioritise competing demands and remain effective during breakdown situations.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including effective handovers and escalation.
• Self-motivated, dependable and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team. Continuous-improvement mindset with the confidence to suggest practical changes.

Desirable

• PLC diagnostics, automation, pneumatics and hydraulics experience.Experience supporting machinery installation, commissioning or improvement projects. Relevant safety qualification, first-aid training or fire-marshal experience