Maintenance Engineer Assistant - Manufacturing

Proactive Technical Limited; Acton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Global is recruiting a Maintenance Engineer Assistant to join an award-winning manufacturing business in West London. The role provides practical support to the Maintenance Engineers, helping keep machinery ready for servicing and maintenance.

You will disassemble and reassemble equipment, prepare for planned maintenance, and work safely on site. The position suits someone with hands-on mechanical experience who wants to develop engineering skills and progress within industrial

Qualifications

• Hands-on mechanical experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Able to take machinery apart and reassemble correctly.
• Familiar with basic mechanical tools.
• Commitment to health and safety around machinery.
• Willingness to learn and develop engineering skills.

Responsibilities

• Support maintenance engineers with day-to-day activities.
• Disassemble machinery for servicing and maintenance.
• Reassemble machinery after servicing.
• Prepare equipment for planned maintenance.
• Maintain clean and organised tools and work areas.

Skills

Mechanical experience

Practical aptitude

Basic tools

Team player

Safety awareness

Tools

Disassembly skills

Machinery reassembly

Job description

Maintenance Engineer Assistant London Park Royal

Salary: £34,900
Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off - Nights
Location: Acton, West London
Industry: Award-Winning Manufacturer

We are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer Assistant to join an award-winning manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer Assistant with hands-on mechanical experience who is looking to develop their engineering skills within a modern manufacturing environment.

As a Maintenance Engineer Assistant, you will provide practical support to the Maintenance Engineers, helping to reduce their workload and ensuring machinery is prepared for servicing and maintenance efficiently.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Maintenance Engineers with day-to-day engineering activities.
• Taking machinery and mechanical equipment apart ready for servicing and maintenance.
• Reassembling machinery correctly once servicing or maintenance work has been completed.
• Preparing equipment for planned maintenance activities.
• Carrying out basic mechanical maintenance and adjustments.
• Working safely around industrial machinery and following site procedures.
• Keeping equipment, tools and work areas clean and organised.

About You

We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer Assistant with:

• Previous hands-on mechanical experience, ideally within a manufacturing, industrial or engineering environment.
• Good practical/mechanical aptitude.
• Experience using basic mechanical tools.
• Confidence taking machinery apart and putting it back together correctly.
• The ability to follow instructions and work methodically.
• A good understanding of health and safety when working around machinery.
• A willingness to learn and develop engineering skills.
• The ability to work as part of a team.

Formal engineering qualifications are desirable but not essential if you have good practical mechanical experience.

What's on Offer

• £34,900 salary
• 4 on 4 off night shift
• Opportunity to work for an award-winning manufacturer
• Excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer Assistant to develop their mechanical and engineering skills.
• Long-term career development opportunities.

This Maintenance Engineer Assistant role would suit someone who is mechanically minded, enjoys working with machinery and wants to develop a career within industrial maintenance and engineering.

Commutable Locations

This job is commutable from Acton, Ealing, Chiswick, Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Brentford, Kew, Richmond, Twickenham, Isleworth, Hounslow, Hanwell, Southall, Greenford, Perivale, Northolt, Ruislip, Uxbridge, Hayes, Harrow, Wembley, Willesden, Park Royal, London and West Drayton and other parts of London.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.