Maintenance Technician - Mechanical

NT Engineering & Manufacturing; Girvan; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

NT Engineering & Manufacturing in Ayrshire is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Technician (Mechanical) to maintain and improve the reliability of production assets. This role covers planned, preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance across a range of mechanical plant on site.

You will diagnose faults, support continuous improvement initiatives and maintain accurate records using the CMMS system, contributing to increased uptime and performance.

Qualifications

• Time served engineer with experience in industrial maintenance.
• Experience on industrial plant and equipment maintenance.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Proactive maintenance mindset focused on reliability and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventive, predictive and reactive maintenance across mechanical plant and equipment.
• Diagnose faults, troubleshoot breakdowns and implement long-term solutions to minimise downtime.
• Provide technical support across production and engineering assets, ensuring equipment operates safely and efficiently.
• Undertake maintenance activities across fixed and mobile plant.
• Support RCA, FMEA/FMECA and continuous improvement initiatives to boost asset reliability.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Fault finding

Root cause analysis

Preventive maintenance

Education

Time served engineering qualification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Maintenance Technician - Mechanical

Ayrshire
Competitive Salary + Benefits

Are you an experienced Maintenance Technician looking for your next challenge within a busy engineering and manufacturing environment?

We are supporting a well-established business in the search for a skilled Maintenance Technician to join its engineering team. This is a hands-on role where you'll play an important part in maintaining the performance, reliability and efficiency of production assets across the site.

Working across both fixed and mobile plant, you'll be responsible for planned and reactive maintenance, troubleshooting technical issues and supporting continuous improvement initiatives to maximise operational performance.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established engineering operation where safety, teamwork and high standards of maintenance are central to the business.

The Role & Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance across a range of mechanical plant and equipment.
• Diagnose faults, troubleshoot breakdowns and implement effective, long-term solutions to minimise downtime.
• Provide technical support across production and engineering assets, ensuring equipment operates safely and efficiently.
• Undertake maintenance activities across both fixed and mobile plant.
• Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA), FMEA/FMECA and other continuous improvement initiatives to identify recurring issues and improve asset reliability.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, plant history and technical documentation using the CMMS system.
• Record mechanical, electrical and instrumentation maintenance activities to support KPI reporting and performance monitoring.
• Work closely with production and engineering colleagues to support operational requirements and maintenance schedules.
• Ensure all work is completed in line with health and safety procedures, environmental standards and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Participate in an on-call rota, providing out-of-hours maintenance support when required.

About You

We're keen to hear from Maintenance Technicians with a strong mechanical background and experience working within an industrial, manufacturing or process environment.

• Time served engineering qualification
• Experience carrying out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance on industrial plant and equipment.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience investigating breakdowns and identifying root causes
• A proactive approach to maintenance, reliability and continuous improvement.

What's on Offer?

• Opportunity to join an established and high-performing engineering team.
• Exposure to a varied range of fixed and mobile plant.
• A role offering technical development and opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

Interested?

If you're a mechanically biased Maintenance Technician looking for an opportunity to develop your experience within a well-established industrial environment, we'd love to hear from you.