Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Yolk Recruitment; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Overtime paid

33 days holiday

Pension contributions

Life assurance

Income protection

Medical benefits

Cycle-to-work

Eye tests

Uniform provided

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for Bridgwater. The role covers electrical and mechanical maintenance across a busy manufacturing site, with focus on fault finding, installations and project work.

You will work Mon-Fri double days, no nights, with an early finish every Friday and a competitive package including bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Electrical bias with strong mechanical capability and multi-skilling.
• Experience in maintenance within manufacturing or production environments.
• Confident electrical fault finding in control panels and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Reactive and planned maintenance across a busy manufacturing environment.
• Electrical and mechanical fault finding across production and automated equipment.
• Fault finding in electrical control panels on single and three-phase systems.
• Work with motors, drives, servos, relays, sensors and machine safety systems.
• Basic PLC fault finding and diagnostics, including I/O checks.
• Mechanical maintenance including bearings, gearboxes, hydraulics and pneumatics.
• Assist with installations, projects and equipment modifications.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical maintenance

PLC diagnostics

Single-phase systems

Three-phase systems

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

Bridgwater
£40,000 - £45,000 + Bonus + Overtime + Excellent Benefits
Monday to Friday - Double Days
No Nights + Early Finish Every Friday

Are you a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer looking to move away from nights and 12-hour continental shifts?

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established and growing manufacturing business in Bridgwater, offering a Monday-to-Friday double-day shift, no nights and an early finish every Friday.

The business is continuing to invest across its manufacturing operation, with a strong programme of equipment upgrades and engineering projects planned over the next couple of years. You'll join an experienced engineering team in a varied role covering electrical and mechanical maintenance, automation, installations, improvements and project work.

The Role

• Reactive and planned maintenance across a busy manufacturing environment.
• Electrical and mechanical fault finding across production and automated equipment.
• Fault finding within electrical control panels across single and three-phase systems.
• Working with motors, drives, servos, contactors, relays, sensors and machine safety systems.
• Basic PLC fault finding and diagnostics, including I/O checks and identifying machine faults.
• Mechanical maintenance including bearings, gearboxes, shafts, drive systems, pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Supporting electrical installations, facilities maintenance and equipment modifications.
• Involvement with new equipment installations and upcoming engineering projects.
• Working as part of an experienced on-site engineering team while being confident managing breakdowns independently when required.

The Person

• Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with a strong electrical bias and good mechanical capability.
• Previous maintenance experience within manufacturing, production or a similar industrial environment.
• Confident electrical fault finding within control panels.
• Comfortable independently fault finding across both electrical and mechanical systems.
• Good practical understanding of single and three-phase electrical systems.
• Basic PLC diagnostic experience would be beneficial, but programming experience is not required.
• 17th or 18th Edition would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Experience with installations, automation or engineering projects would be beneficial.

Shift

Weekly rotating Monday-to-Friday double days with no nights:

Earlies: 6:00am-2:00pm Monday to Thursday / 6:00am-1:00pm Friday.
Lates: 2:00pm-10:00pm Monday to Thursday / 1:00pm-8:00pm Friday.

Both rotations offer an early finish every Friday.

Package

• £40,000 - £45,000 salary.
• Annual bonus of up to 4% of salary.
• Overtime available at x1.5 rate
• 33 days' holiday including Bank Holidays.
• Buy and sell annual leave scheme.
• 4% employer pension contribution.
• Life assurance at 4x annual salary.
• Income protection.
• Medical benefits for you and your family.
• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling.
• Subsidised canteen.
• Employee discounts and recognition schemes.
• Wellbeing checks and Mental Health First Aiders on site.
• Free eye tests.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Uniform provided.
• Paid flu vaccination.
• Long-service and recognition awards.

Why Apply?

This is a strong opportunity for an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer who wants to retain a competitive manufacturing salary while moving away from nights and 12-hour shifts.

Alongside the Monday-to-Friday working pattern and early Friday finishes, you'll benefit from a varied engineering role and the opportunity to get involved in installations, improvements and new engineering projects as the business continues to invest in its site.