Maintenance Engineer

ATA Recruitment; East Carlton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

ATA Recruitment is seeking a Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias) to join a precision manufacturing facility in Leeds, working Monday to Friday on a day shift. You will perform PPM/TPM, diagnose faults, repair equipment, and support automation including vacuum castings, robots, CNC machines, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems.

Candidates should have strong mechanical skills, familiarity with safety standards, and a proactive approach to root-cause analysis in a high-tech aerospace manufacturing

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical bias with fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Aerospace/automotive background is beneficial but not required.
• Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems is advantageous.
• Solid knowledge of health & safety and risk assessment.
• Proactive, curious engineers who root-cause problems.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance (PPM/TPM).
• Respond to breakdowns with effective mechanical fault finding.
• Inspect, test and diagnose machinery and equipment.
• Repair machinery using drawings and manuals.
• Work on hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Maintain vacuum casting furnaces, robots, CNC machinery, compressors and wax injection equipment.
• Replace and repair components including bearings, motors, seals and guards.
• Assist with installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Identify recurring problems and develop reliability improvements.

Skills

Mechanical bias

Fault finding

Diagnostics

Health & safety

Proactive problem-solving

Job description

Maintenance Engineer , £41,000 Leeds Mon Fri, Day shift only.

About the company

Want to work on some seriously impressive manufacturing equipment? If you're a time-served Maintenance Engineer who enjoys fault finding, solving complex mechanical problems and working around automated machinery, this could be a great opportunity to take your career into aerospace manufacturing. We're recruiting for a Maintenance engineer of Mechanical Bias to join a highly technical precision manufacturing facility in West Yorkshire. This isn't your typical factory environment. You'll be working around vacuum casting furnaces, industrial robots, automated systems, CNC machinery, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment and specialist manufacturing technology – helping keep a 24/7 operation running safely and efficiently.

Why join?

Get into aerospace manufacturing – work in a highly technical environment producing critical components for aerospace and industrial gas turbine applications. Serious engineering kit – four Equiax vacuum casting furnaces, two DS vacuum casting furnaces, automated dipping and robotic polishing systems, CNC machinery and much more. Automation everywhere – you'll be working on robots, automated systems, hydraulic equipment and specialist production machinery. Established engineering operation – the site has decades of experience in precision casting and employs significant engineering expertise, with over 247 years of combined engineering experience.

About the role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll be responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient maintenance of a busy production facility;

Your day-to-day will include:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM/TPM).
• Responding to breakdowns and completing effective mechanical fault finding.
• Inspecting, testing and diagnosing machinery and equipment.
• Repairing machinery using engineering drawings, diagrams and technical manuals.
• Working on hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Maintaining vacuum casting furnaces, automated robots, CNC machinery, compressors and wax injection moulding equipment.
• Replacing and repairing components including bearings, motors, coolant pumps, hydraulic/pneumatic valves, seals and safety guards.
• Supporting the installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Identifying recurring problems and developing solutions to improve equipment reliability.

About you

To be considered for this maintenance engineer position you should be/have the following:

• A strong mechanical bias with excellent mechanical fault‑finding and diagnostic skills.
• It would be beneficial to have worked in aerospace/automotive environments but not essential.
• Experience working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems would be advantageous.
• Good knowledge of health & safety and risk assessment.
• We're particularly interested in engineers who are proactive, technically curious and enjoy getting to the root cause of problems.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation