Maintenance Engineer

ATA Recruitment; Watnall; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Mental health support

Dental benefits

Eye tests and glasses reimbursement

Bike to work scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Birthday day off

Production bonus scheme

Job summary

ATA Recruitment is looking for a Maintenance Engineer in Hucknall to maintain PLC controlled machinery used in our aerospace supply chain client’s processes.

You will perform planned preventive maintenance from the Idhammar CMMS, respond to breakdowns promptly, and engage in electrical and mechanical fault finding. The role includes project work for OEMs and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Multiskilled experience with either mechanical or electrical bias.
• Experience with factory maintenance in manufacturing or process environment.
• Apprentice trained and hold a recognised Level 3 qualification.

Responsibilities

• Maintain PLC controlled machinery and site processes.
• Carry out Planned preventive maintenance using Idhammar CMMS.
• React quickly to breakdowns and perform fault finding (electrical & mechanical).
• Participate in OEM project work and equipment upgrades/installation.
• Contribute to root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Lead or assist on machine upgrades and installation projects.

Skills

Multiskilled

Electrical bias

Mechanical bias

Education

Level 3 qualification

Tools

Idhammar CMMS

Job description

Maintenance Engineer, £48,000 - 53,000 (DOE), Hucknall, 3 on 3 off days/nights rotation 12 hours. Package includes 1.5x paid overtime and an incentivising bonus scheme. 25 days of holiday plus your birthday and tools and toolbox provided, alongside standard pension contribution, life assurance

About the client

We are currently looking for a maintenance engineer, to work for a leader within the aerospace supply chain. Experiencing significant growth, the company expanded by 23% in 2023 and recently invested in a second site, reinforcing its long-standing commitment to the UK. With a full orderbook, the business is going from strength to strength and will be looking to increase their £78m annual turnover moving into 2026. Having worked with the company over the last couple of years, I have been impressed with the culture on site, with over 90% of employees saying that they are proud to work at the business and believe in the company goals. This is also an incredibly clean and well thought out site, you can see where the investment has been made over recent years, making it an extremely pleasant place to work.

What you'll be doing

As a maintenance engineer you will be responsible for maintaining a range of PLC controlled machinery, specifically set up for the process on this site.

Further responsibilities include:

• Conducting Planned preventive maintenance (Working from the of the Idhammar CMMS)
• Reacting to breakdowns in a quick and timely manner.
• Both electrical and mechanical fault finding.
• Involved in project work for OEMs
• Completing on root cause and continuous improvement
• Project work including equipment upgrade & machine installation

About you

To become a maintenance engineer with our customer; you should be/have the following:

• Multiskilled experience with either mechanical or electrical bias as training can be given.
• Experience with factory maintenance would be beneficial, ideally from a manufacturing or process environment.
• Apprentice trained & hold a recognised level 3 qualification
• A mindset for continuous improvement and an aptitude for working proactively.

The benefits

When joining our client as a maintenance engineer, you will be joining a proactive close-knit team led by a manager who puts personal and technical development at the heart of everything they do. You will receive all systems training and be given all of the tools to be successful in the role.

Other benefits include

• Private health care scheme:
• Mental health support- including free counselling sessions.
• Dental; reimbursement of dental work from an annual allowance, option to pay to upgrade cover.
• Free eye tests and reimbursement on glasses from annual allowance.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Enhanced Holiday entitlement related to length of service.
• Day off work for your birthday.
• Opportunity to be a part of production related bonus scheme.

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