Maintenance Engineer (Electrical/Mechanical) – Poole

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Poole; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Comprehensive employee benefits

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is actively seeking a Maintenance Engineer (mechanical or electrical) for our Poole, Dorset site. This large manufacturing operation benefits from ongoing investment in reliability, asset care and engineering development across electrical and mechanical disciplines.

The role covers planned and preventive maintenance on high-speed production and packaging lines, fault finding on PLC-driven equipment, and collaboration with production teams to enhance equipment performance.

Qualifications

• Previous maintenance engineering experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Electrical or mechanical engineering qualification (apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
• Strong fault-finding ability within your core discipline.
• Experience working with automated or PLC-controlled machinery.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings or schematics.
• Willingness to develop across both electrical and mechanical maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and preventative maintenance across high-speed production and packaging machinery.
• Respond to breakdowns and perform electrical and mechanical fault finding to minimise downtime.
• Work with motors, drives, sensors, conveyors, pumps, pneumatics, hydraulics and PLC systems.
• Record maintenance activity using CMMS and support planned maintenance routines.
• Support reliability and asset-care programs and drive proactive maintenance.
• Identify recurring faults and contribute to root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to improve equipment performance.

Job description

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is actively seeking a Maintenance Engineer (mechanical or electrical) for our Poole, Dorset site. This large manufacturing operation benefits from ongoing investment in reliability, asset care and engineering development across electrical and mechanical disciplines.

The role covers planned and preventive maintenance on high-speed production and packaging lines, fault finding on PLC-driven equipment, and collaboration with production teams to enhance equipment performance.