Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Proactive Global; Northampton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Global is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support our manufacturing operations in Northamptonshire. You will fault‑find, service and repair production machinery and plant systems to maximise uptime and reliability.

The role includes carrying out planned preventative maintenance, reading mechanical drawings, and working with conveyors, elevators, grinders, weighing equipment, and rotating machinery. Dayshift with overtime opportunities.

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship, City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3 qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding skills.
• Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Fault finding, servicing, and repairing production machinery and plant systems.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM).
• Maintaining conveyors, elevators, grinders, weighing equipment, and rotating machinery.
• Reading and interpreting mechanical drawings and schematics.
• Testing plant services using measurement and diagnostic equipment.

Skills

Fault finding

Maintenance

Reading drawings

Mechanical maintenance

Manufacturing environment

Education

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Mechanical Engineer

Location:Northamptonshire-NN7
Salary: £44,000 per annum + Overtime
Shift: Days only-

• 07:30 - 17:30 with 1 hr lunch
• 7.5 hrs @basic rate
• 1.5 hrs @1.5 x basic rate

Key Responsibilities

• Fault finding, servicing, and repairing production machinery and plant systems.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM).
• Maintaining conveyors, elevators, grinders, weighing equipment, and rotating machinery.
• Reading and interpreting mechanical drawings and schematics.
• Testing plant services using measurement and diagnostic equipment.

Requirements

• Recognised apprenticeship, City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3 qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding skills.
• Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings.

Desirable

• Mechanical bias with electrical and pneumatic experience.
• Food manufacturing experience.

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.