Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer – No Nights

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Chard Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Wellbeing support

Training & development

Onsite parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd in Chard is seeking an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer for a shift position in an established industrial manufacturer. The role covers maintenance, breakdowns, reliability, and improvements across the site, with hands-on electrical and mechanical fault-finding and involvement in PPMs and projects.

You'll work on production equipment and site infrastructure, supporting continuous improvement, managing CMMS, and coordinating contractors.

Qualifications

• Recognised electrical qualification with strong mechanical maintenance experience.
• Hands-on maintenance in manufacturing or similar industrial setting.
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills within industrial control systems.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventive, predictive and reactive maintenance across production machinery.
• Electrical fault-finding in control panels, motors, relays and sensors.
• Mechanical maintenance on conveyors, pneumatics, hydraulics and related equipment.
• Fault-finding on PLC-controlled machinery and tracing control signals.
• Support refurbishments, upgrades and continuous improvement projects.
• Manage maintenance via CMMS and coordinate contractors when required.
• Maintain spares and liaise with production to reduce downtime.

Skills

Electrical qualification

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical skills

Planned & reactive maintenance

PLC fault-finding

Machinery installations & projects

Job description

Yolk Recruitment Ltd in Chard is seeking an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer for a shift position in an established industrial manufacturer. The role covers maintenance, breakdowns, reliability, and improvements across the site, with hands-on electrical and mechanical fault-finding and involvement in PPMs and projects.

You'll work on production equipment and site infrastructure, supporting continuous improvement, managing CMMS, and coordinating contractors.