Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers

awepeople; Reading; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

AWE is seeking Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers to join our on-site team between Reading and Basingstoke. You will maintain, service and repair machine tools and manufacturing equipment, diagnosing faults across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and control systems.

The role emphasises planned maintenance, reliability improvements, and supporting installations and commissioning. We value engineers with broad maintenance backgrounds who can learn and grow into machine tool

Qualifications

• Engineering apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent practical engineering experience.
• Experience in a maintenance engineering role within industrial environments.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working on electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and/or automated equipment.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, manuals and engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining, servicing and repairing machine tools and associated manufacturing equipment.
• Diagnosing and resolving faults across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and control systems.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance activities to maximise equipment reliability.
• Responding to equipment breakdowns and safely restoring operational capability.
• Supporting machine installations, commissioning activities and engineering improvement projects.
• Analyzing equipment performance and contributing to reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborating with production, engineering and project teams to deliver operational excellence.
• Ensuring all activities are completed in accordance with health, safety, quality and environmental requirements.

Skills

Fault-finding

Electrical

Hydraulics

Automation

Technical drawings

Education

Engineering apprenticeship

NVQ

City & Guilds

Tools

Siemens controls

Fanuc controls

Heidenhain controls

Job description

Role title: Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers

Closing date: 10th September 2026

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading & Basingstoke with free onsite parking

Package: £39,280 - £55,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications & level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could these roles be the opportunity for you to play your part?

Build Your Specialist Engineering Career as we believe great engineers are defined by their skills, attitude and approach, not solely by the industry they come from.

We are looking for Maintenance Engineers to join our highly skilled engineering team. While experience with CNC machine tools would be advantageous, we are equally interested in engineers with strong maintenance, fault-finding and problem-solving skills gained across a broad range of industrial environments.

We value aptitude, attitude and a willingness to learn just as highly as direct machine tool experience and know that valuable engineering experience can be gained across many industries and environments, so if you have a strong maintenance background, excellent problem-solving skills and a genuine desire to learn, we encourage you to apply. We are looking for engineers with the potential to develop into machine tool specialists and are committed to providing the training and support needed to help the right individuals succeed.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Maintaining, servicing and repairing machine tools and associated manufacturing equipment
• Diagnosing and resolving faults across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and control systems
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance activities to maximise equipment reliability, availability and performance
• Responding to equipment breakdowns and safely restoring operational capability in a timely manner
• Supporting machine installations, commissioning activities, modifications and engineering improvement projects
• Analysing equipment performance and contributing to reliability, efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborating with production, engineering and project teams to deliver operational excellence
• Ensuring all activities are completed in accordance with health, safety, quality and environmental requirements

Who We're Looking For:

Essential

• Engineering apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent practical engineering experience
• Experience in a maintenance engineering role within an industrial, manufacturing, production, facilities, utilities or engineering environment
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• Experience working on electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and/or automated equipment
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, manuals and engineering documentation

Desirable

• Experience maintaining CNC machine tools or complex manufacturing equipment
• Knowledge of Siemens, Fanuc, Heidenhain or similar control systems
• PLC fault-finding and diagnostic experience
• Experience working with servo drives, motors and automation systems
• Machine installation, commissioning, calibration or precision alignment experience
• Knowledge of Asset Management Systems
• Understanding of reliability-centred maintenance, condition-based monitoring and continuous improvement methodologies

Work hard, be rewarded:

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE.

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Important things you need to know:

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.