Maintenance Engineer – Multi-Skilled (Electrical/Mechanical)

ATA Recruitment Ltd; Silkstone; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary

Panama shift pattern

Specialist training on machinery

Career development

Long history

Investment in new machinery

Positive working environment

Supportive Engineering Manager

Job summary

ATA Recruitment Ltd is supporting a British manufacturer in Barnsley to recruit a Maintenance Engineer. You will keep specialist injection moulding and plastic extrusion machinery running safely and efficiently, with a Panama shift pattern working approximately half the year.

You can be mechanically or electrically biased, with a Level 3 engineering qualification and strong fault‑finding skills. Key duties include planned and reactive maintenance, diagnosing faults, and improving machine

Qualifications

• Recognised Level 3 engineering qualification or equivalent.
• Multi-skilled maintenance experience within manufacturing.
• Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills.
• Biased toward mechanical or electrical maintenance, with safe electrical work ability.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.
• Fault finding and diagnosing electrical and mechanical issues.
• Maintaining injection moulding and plastic extrusion machinery.
• Responding to breakdowns and minimising production downtime.
• Working safely on electrical control panels and associated equipment.
• Identifying opportunities to improve machinery reliability and performance.
• Thinking creatively and using a “fix it properly” approach to fault finding.

Skills

Maintenance

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

Education

Level 3 engineering qualification

Tools

Electrical panels

Job description

ATA Recruitment Ltd is supporting a British manufacturer in Barnsley to recruit a Maintenance Engineer. You will keep specialist injection moulding and plastic extrusion machinery running safely and efficiently, with a Panama shift pattern working approximately half the year.

You can be mechanically or electrically biased, with a Level 3 engineering qualification and strong fault‑finding skills. Key duties include planned and reactive maintenance, diagnosing faults, and improving machine