Maintenance Engineer - Outside IR35 - Manufacturing

Proactive Global; Leeds; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Global is recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to join a leading, fully automated manufacturing site near Leeds. The role is a long‑term contract with a rate of up to £38 per hour outside IR35 and a 14 on / 4 off pattern, with 2-hour days only.

Candidates must have UK maintenance technician experience in a fully automated production environment, with a strong mechanical or electrical maintenance background and a hands‑on, team‑oriented approach.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification at City & Guilds Level 3 / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
• Experience in manufacturing/production environment.
• Strong background in mechanical or electrical maintenance.
• Hands-on approach and ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Reactive and planned maintenance of production machinery
• Electrical or mechanical fault finding and repair (depending on skill set)
• Minimise downtime and support on breakdowns
• Assist with continuous improvement projects

Skills

Manufacturing environment experience

Maintenance of production machinery

Mechanical or electrical maintenance

Teamwork

Education

City & Guilds Level 3 / NVQ Level 3

Job description

Maintenance Engineer Leeds Contract

Rate up to £38ph outside IR35

Shifts: 14 on 4 off 2-hour Days only

Sector: Manufacturing / Automated Production

MUST have UK Maintenance Technician experience working in fully automated production factory

(This is NOT an FM role and NOT an automated warehouse role) - MUST be factory maintenance

MUST HAVE FULL right to work in UK

We're working with an award winning manufacturer with their fully automated production facility and very advanced machinery.

This is a long-term contract role for an experienced Maintenance Engineer, with the opportunity to work on newly installed, cutting-edge machinery and be part of an expanding site.

Maintenance Engineer Responsibilities

• Reactive and planned maintenance of production machinery
• Electrical or mechanical fault finding and repair (depending on skill set)
• Minimise downtime and support on breakdowns
• Assist with continuous improvement projects

Requirements for the Maintenance Engineer

• Engineering qualification - City & Guilds Level 3 / NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent)
• Proven experience in a manufacturing / process/ production environment
• Good knowledge of maintaining production or process machinery
• Strong background in either mechanical or electrical maintenance
• Hands-on approach and ability to work as part of a team

Maintenance Engineer is commutable from Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax, Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Pontefract, Castleford, Normanton, Dewsbury, Batley, Ossett, Morley, Selby, Harrogate, York, Ripon, Skipton, Keighley, Ilkley, Todmorden, Rochdale, Oldham, Stockport, Chesterfield, Worksop, Burnley and other parts of Yorkshire.

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