Maintenance Engineer

Infinity Employment; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialist in precision manufacturing in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Maintenance Engineer with expertise in mechanical and electrical systems. The role involves implementing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting machine faults, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will possess strong problem-solving skills, have experience with CNC machines, and be adept with Microsoft Office applications. This position offers competitive salary and a range of benefits focused on employee support and development.

Benefits

Company pension - company contribution at 5%

Health cash plan system

Employee assistance program

Holidays increase with service from 5 years

Social activities, e.g. Christmas party

Qualifications

• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in precision engineering or machining environment.
• Strong mechanical and electrical skills, with ability to read engineering drawings.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Implement planned preventative maintenance schedule.
• Diagnose faults to minimize unplanned downtime.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and service logs.
• Support process optimization projects and machine upgrades.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Electrical skills

CNC machine operation

Problem-solving

Microsoft Office proficiency

Tools

CNC machinery

Maintenance management systems

Job description

Infinity Employment are currently seeking a skilled Maintenance Engineer with strong mechanical and electrical expertise for an industry leading specialist, manufacturing precision components for aviation, tooling, automotive, F1 and defence industries. This role requires someone with strong maintenance engineering experience and the ability to cover a broad remit of maintenance activities including mechanical and electrical biases. The successful candidate will need to work on their own initiative creating structures and processes. This is a new role and so offers the opportunity for the ideal candidate to make it their own.

Some experience with CNC machines desirable (Fanuc, Heidenhain) and experience using Microsoft Office products desired (Excel, Word, Outlook)

The primary purpose of this role is to ensure the reliable, safe, and efficient operation of all production equipment, CNC machinery, and facility infrastructure. The Maintenance Engineer supports continuous production by conducting preventive and reactive maintenance, troubleshooting machine faults, and implementing improvements that minimise downtime and support precision manufacturing standards.

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000

Hours: 40-hour week (Days)

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and deliver planned preventative maintenance schedule.
• Diagnose faults to minimize unplanned downtime.
• Carry out corrective maintenance, part replacement, and adjustments to maintain precision and repeatability.
• Monitor machine performance, patterns, breakdown trends and recommend reliability improvements.
• Support process optimization projects, machine upgrades, and tooling improvements
• Work with production to identify root causes of recurring issues and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, service logs, calibration certificates (where applicable) and spare parts tracking.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with ISO standards (in line with site certifications)
• Support audits by providing maintenance history and compliance documentation.
• Managing contractors on site ensuring that RAMs are in place.
• Manage the installation of new equipment.
• Carry out weekly fire alarm checks.
• Apply safe working practices and promote a proactive maintenance, safety and environmental culture by participating in the health and safety committee and undertaking actions that are identified (within corthe Maintenance Engineer remit) to ensure the site remains a safe place to work.
• Be the main point of contact for activity undertaken by external contractors required to support the maintenance of the site that falls outside of the roles remit.

Skills & Experience

• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer with precision engineering, machining, or similar manufacturing environment.
• Strong Mechanical and electrical skills - ability to read engineering drawings and schematics.
• Experience with CNC machines is desirable, particularly Fanuc and Heidenhain controls.
• Ability to fault-find using schematics and technical documentation.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Experience of working in a standalone role is preferable, but Umsetzung of a large team will be considered.
• Experience in TPM, lean manufacturing or continuous improvement initiatives.

Personal attributes

• Health and safety focussed with good housekeeping
• Practical hands‑on problem solver with strong attention to detail
• Proactive, reliable, and able to work in a fast‑paced SME environment
• Good communicator who can work cross‑functionally with operators(tc engineers, and management
• Committed to maintaining high standards of precision, safety, and machine availability.
• Positive attitude

Benefits

• Company pension - company contribution at 5%
• Health cash plan system
• Employee assistance program
• Holidays increase with Service from 5 complete years
• Social activities, e.g. Christmas party