Maintenance Engineer

JRS Associates LTD; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

JRS Associates Ltd. in Gloucestershire is recruiting an experienced Maintenance Engineer for a high-precision manufacturing facility in Tewkesbury.

You will perform reactive and planned maintenance across production machinery and facility systems, applying a strong electrical bias and robust fault-finding skills. The role involves working on PCB-related equipment and automation, supporting installations and commissioning, and keeping detailed service records to minimise downtime.

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance experience in manufacturing or process environments.
• Strong electrical bias with solid mechanical maintenance knowledge.
• Experience with industrial electronics and control systems.
• Proven fault-finding experience across electrical and mechanical domains.
• Experience carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM).
• Time-served apprenticeship or equivalent in mechanical/electrical engineering.
• Experience maintaining production machinery in manufacturing.
• Experience with SMT, pick-and-place equipment, reflow ovens, wave soldering, drilling, plating, etching, AOI or inspection equipment is advantageous.
• Experience in PCB/electronics/high-precision environments advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive and preventative maintenance across production machinery and facility equipment.
• Fault-find electrical, mechanical and industrial electronic/control issues.
• Support installation, commissioning and validation of new equipment.
• Maintain service records, maintenance schedules and technical documentation.
• Manage critical spare parts and consumables to minimise downtime.
• Support air, HVAC and electrical distribution systems.
• Liaise with Production, Engineering and Quality on breakdowns and root causes.
• Support continuous improvement projects focused on equipment reliability and downtime reduction.
• Ensure maintenance work complies with COSHH, permit-to-work and lock-out/tag-out procedures.

Skills

Electrical bias

Mechanical maintenance

Fault-finding

PPM

Troubleshooting

Education

Time-served apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical engineering

Tools

SMT equipment

AOI equipment

Job description

JRS Associates have partnered up with an exciting high-precision manufacturing company in Tewkesbury to recruit an experienced Maintenance Engineer.

The successful candidate will be responsible for reactive and planned preventative maintenance across a technically advanced manufacturing facility, working on a wide variety of production machinery, electrical systems, controls and general facility services. The position will suit a strong multi-skilled engineer with an electrical bias, good mechanical knowledge and proven fault-finding experience.

The Successful Maintenance Engineer – Package

• £40,000 per annum
• Permanent position
• Based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
• Technically varied maintenance position
• High-precision manufacturing environment
• Opportunity to work across production equipment, facilities and new machinery installations
• Long-term opportunity within an established engineering business

The Successful Maintenance Engineer – Requirements

• Proven experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within a manufacturing or process environment
• Strong electrical bias with good mechanical maintenance knowledge
• Experience with industrial electronics and control systems
• Strong reactive maintenance and fault-finding experience
• Experience carrying out planned preventative maintenance / PPM
• Able to diagnose mechanical, electrical and control faults efficiently
• Time-served engineering apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical engineering, or equivalent relevant experience
• Experience maintaining production machinery within a manufacturing environment
• Experience with SMT, pick-and-place equipment, reflow ovens, wave soldering, drilling, plating, etching, AOI or inspection equipment would be advantageous
• Experience within PCB, electronics, aerospace, defence, medical or another high-precision manufacturing environment would be beneficial
• AS9100 experience would be advantageous

The Successful Maintenance Engineer – Role

• Carry out reactive and preventative maintenance across production machinery and facility equipment
• Fault-find electrical, mechanical and industrial electronic/control issues
• Support the installation, commissioning and validation of new equipment
• Maintain service records, maintenance schedules and technical documentationManage critical spare parts and consumables to minimise downtime
• Support compressed air, extraction, HVAC and electrical distribution systems
• Liaise with Production, Engineering and Quality regarding breakdowns, repairs and root causes
• Support continuous improvement projects focused on equipment reliability and downtime reduction
• Ensure maintenance work complies with health & safety procedures including COSHH, permit-to-work and lock-out/tag-out requirements.