Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer — On-Site & 9-Day Fortnight

Atomic Weapons Establishment; Reading; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day fortnight

Pension scheme 9–13%

270 hours annual leave

Career development funding

Job summary

Atomic Weapons Establishment is recruiting a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to maintain, service and repair machine tools and manufacturing equipment on site between Reading and Basingstoke. You will diagnose faults across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and control systems and contribute to reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.

The role requires an engineering apprenticeship or equivalent and experience in industrial maintenance.

Qualifications

• Engineering apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent practical engineering experience.
• Experience in maintenance engineering in industrial environments.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Experience on electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and/or automated equipment.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and manuals.
• Desirable: CNC machine tools or complex manufacturing equipment experience.
• Knowledge of Siemens, Fanuc, Heidenhain or similar control systems.
• PLC fault-finding and diagnostic experience.
• Experience with servo drives, motors and automation systems.
• Machine installation, commissioning or alignment experience.
• Knowledge of Asset Management Systems.
• Understanding reliability-centered maintenance and condition-based monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining, servicing and repairing machine tools and associated equipment.
• Diagnosing and resolving faults across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and control systems.
• Carrying out planned preventive maintenance to maximise reliability and availability.
• Responding to equipment breakdowns and safely restoring operational capability.
• Supporting machine installations, commissioning, modifications and improvement projects.
• Analysing equipment performance and contributing to reliability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Fault-finding

Diagnostics

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Hydraulic

Pneumatic systems

Automated equipment

Technical drawings

CNC experience

PLC fault-finding

Servo drives

Education

Engineering apprenticeship / NVQ / City & Guilds

Tools

Siemens control

Fanuc control

Heidenhain control

Asset Management Systems

Job description

Atomic Weapons Establishment is recruiting a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to maintain, service and repair machine tools and manufacturing equipment on site between Reading and Basingstoke. You will diagnose faults across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and control systems and contribute to reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.

The role requires an engineering apprenticeship or equivalent and experience in industrial maintenance.