Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers

AWE; Tadley; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

Market leading pension scheme

Maternity/Paternity leave

Professional career development

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance 4x salary

Discounts

Special leave policy

Job summary

AWE is seeking Maintenance Engineers to join its highly skilled team at RG7. The role focuses on maintaining and repairing machine tools, diagnosing faults and carrying out preventative maintenance to maximise equipment reliability.

You will also support installations and drive improvements across a range of industrial environments. With an engineering background and strong fault-finding skills, you will develop into a machine tool specialist.

Qualifications

• Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent practical engineering experience.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working on electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and/or automated equipment.

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 to maximise reliability, availability and performance.
• Responding to equipment breakdowns and safely restoring operational capability.
• Supporting machine installations, commissioning activities and engineering improvement projects.
• Analysing equipment performance and contributing to reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborating with production, engineering and project teams to deliver operational excellence.

Skills

Fault-finding

Diagnostic skills

Problem-solving

Electrical experience

Mechanical experience

Hydraulic experience

Pneumatic experience

Automated equipment

Education

Engineering apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent practical engineering experience

Tools

Siemens control systems

Fanuc control systems

Heidenhain control systems

PLC fault-finding

Servo drives

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.