Maintenance Technician - Nights

Aqumen Business Solutions; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life assurance

Health benefits

Employee support and discounts

Canteen subsidies

Free onsite parking

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Aqumen Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of an established international manufacturing business to strengthen its night shift engineering team. The role is a Maintenance Technician, based on permanent night shifts in West Yorkshire.

We welcome engineers with either an electrical or mechanical bias. You will work across a varied range of production equipment, from legacy machinery to modern automated systems, helping improve reliability and keep production running safely.

Qualifications

• Time served engineering apprenticeship and ONC/City & Guilds Level 3 or equivalent.
• Minimum two years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong electrical and/or mechanical fault finding and PLC diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose faults and repair production machinery, identifying the cause of failures.
• Respond safely to breakdowns and carry out planned preventative maintenance.
• Interpret electrical schematics, pneumatic diagrams and mechanical drawings.
• Carry out PLC fault finding and support equipment reliability improvements.
• Record maintenance activity accurately using the CMMS system.
• Follow safe isolation procedures and maintain high standards of safety and housekeeping.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical fault finding

PLC diagnostics

Root cause analysis

Teamwork & communication

Education

Engineering apprenticeship / ONC / City & Guilds L3

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Maintenance Technician

Permanent nights | West Yorkshire | £44,000 plus excellent benefits

Enjoy getting to the root cause of machinery faults? Aqumen Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of an established international manufacturing business looking to strengthen its night shift engineering team.

We welcome engineers with either an electrical or mechanical bias. You will work across a varied range of production equipment, from established legacy machinery to modern automated systems, helping improve reliability and keep production running safely.

The role

• Diagnose faults and repair production machinery, identifying the cause of failures.
• Respond safely to breakdowns and carry out planned preventative maintenance.
• Interpret electrical schematics, pneumatic diagrams and mechanical drawings.
• Carry out PLC fault finding and support equipment reliability improvements.
• Record maintenance activity accurately using the CMMS system.
• Follow safe isolation procedures and maintain high standards of safety and housekeeping.
• A time served engineering apprenticeship and ONC, City & Guilds Level 3 or equivalent qualification.
• At least two years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong electrical and/or mechanical fault finding skills and PLC diagnostic experience.
• Experience of root cause analysis and improving equipment reliability.
• A methodical approach, good organisational and communication skills, and the ability to work independently and within a team.

Salary and benefits

£40,000 per year, with 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, an excellent pension, life assurance, health benefits, employee support and discounts, subsidised canteen and free onsite parking.