Maintenance Engineer – High-Precision Manufacturing

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 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.