Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Limited; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established manufacturer in Plymouth seeks a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to perform planned maintenance and repairs on modern machinery. The role involves hands-on work including fault finding, strip-downs, and rebuilds. A time-served mechanical apprenticeship is required along with the ability to read mechanical drawings. Competitive salary and benefits include a standby allowance, 25 days holiday, and training support from experienced engineers.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Paid standby allowance of £300 per week

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Subsidised canteen

Free on-site parking

Employee rewards platform

Qualifications

• Confident with mechanical strip-downs and rebuilds.
• Experience with rotating equipment and drives.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned mechanical maintenance on production equipment.
• Inspect and replace bearings, seals, and gearboxes.
• Support machine moves and installs.

Skills

Mechanical Maintenance

Fault Finding

Reading Mechanical Drawings

Machine Tools

Basic Electrical Awareness

Education

Time-served mechanical apprenticeship

Job description

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Location : Plymouth

Shift : Days

Salary : Up to circa £45,000

Are you a time-served Mechanical Fitter from a manufacturing or engineering environment? If you enjoy working on a wide range of machinery, fault finding, and helping keep production running smoothly, this role offers variety, modern kit and a supportive team.

Yolk Recruitment are working with a well-established manufacturer that has continued to invest in their Plymouth facility. The site runs a range of modern machinery and supporting equipment, with a strong focus on engineering standards, safety and continuous improvement.

You’ll be joining a friendly team where hands-on mechanical skills are valued, and you’ll have the chance to build your knowledge across a wide range of equipment.

What you'll be doing

You'll support day-to-day engineering activity, focusing on planned maintenance, strip-downs, repairs and small upgrade work across key production equipment.

Day-to-day, you will :

• Carry out planned mechanical maintenance on production equipment and site services


• Strip, inspect and replace bearings, seals, sprockets, gearboxes and drives


• Read and work from mechanical drawings and manuals


• Support machine moves, installs and upgrades


• Assist with root cause analysis and improvement projects


• Record work completed and help build simple maintenance routines

Maintain environmental, safety and quality standards

The work is varied and gives good exposure to a range of modern machinery, with support from experienced engineers as you learn the site.

What they're looking for :

• Time-served mechanical apprenticeship or similar qualification


• Confident with strip-downs, rebuilds and fitting work


• Able to read and understand mechanical drawings


• Experience working on rotating equipment, drives or machine tools


• Basic electrical awareness is useful, but this is a clear mechanical role


• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary package


• Paid standby allowance of £300 per week when on-call (around 1 in 8-9 weeks)


• Monday-Friday pattern with no night shifts


• 25 days holiday + bank holidays


• Subsidised canteen


• Free on-site parking


• Employee rewards platform

Training and support from experienced engineers

You’ll be joining a stable business with long-term investment in people, machinery and engineering.

Interested?

If you'd like to find out more, get in touch with specialist engineering recruiter Liam Reid.

Apply with your CV. A cover letter is welcome but not essential.

We also run a referral scheme, so if you know someone who may be interested, feel free to share their details.

Please note :

due to high application volumes, we may not be able to reply to everyone. If you don’t hear back within 7 days, please assume your application hasn’t been successful on this occasion.