Senior Maintenance Engineer

Consortium Professional Recruitment Ltd; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Subsidised on-site meals

Cycle to Work scheme

Free on-site parking

Job summary

East Yorkshire manufacturer is seeking a Senior Maintenance Engineer (Multi-Skilled) to own maintenance across production machinery and site facilities. You will diagnose faults, lead planned and reactive maintenance, and drive reliability improvements in a hands-on role.

You will coordinate contractors, ensure compliance with LOLER and electrical standards, and help develop maintenance procedures while mentoring an apprentice and supporting health and safety colleagues.

Qualifications

• Time-served or equivalent experience in multi-skilled maintenance in manufacturing.
• Strong fault-finding ability across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Take hands-on ownership of planned and reactive maintenance across production machinery and site facilities.
• Diagnose faults across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and control systems and coordinate specialist support.
• Develop and manage the planned preventive maintenance programme and maintain accurate records in the CMMS.
• Coordinate contractors, statutory inspections and engineering compliance requirements (LOLER, pressure systems, LEV, fixed-wire testing).
• Drive site improvements, including machinery modifications, material handling, electrical installs and workflow improvements.

Skills

Multi-skilled maintenance

Electrical fault-finding

17th/18th edition

Contractor coordination

Risk assessments & SOPs

Independent working

Job description

Senior Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Location: Market Weighton

Salary: £50,000 to £55,000 per annum

Take ownership of site maintenance, engineering improvements and reliability in a varied, hands-on manufacturing environment.

Consortium Professional Recruitment are pleased to be working with an established East Yorkshire manufacturer to recruit an experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer. This is an opportunity to join a well-established production environment where engineering plays a central role in keeping people, equipment and processes performing safely and effectively.

You will work across a varied mix of CNC machinery, woodworking and metal fabrication equipment, automated production systems and wider site facilities. This role offers more than maintaining existing processes. You will have the freedom to strengthen maintenance systems, improve reliability and help shape how engineering is managed across the site.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Maintenance Engineer (Multi-Skilled) you ll play a key role in:

• Taking hands-on ownership of planned and reactive maintenance across production machinery and site facilities, minimising downtime and improving reliability.
• Diagnosing faults across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and control systems, carrying out repairs and coordinating specialist support where required.
• Developing and managing the planned preventative maintenance programme, while maintaining accurate equipment, job history and maintenance records through the CMMS.
• Coordinating contractors, statutory inspections and engineering compliance requirements, including LOLER, pressure systems, LEV, fixed-wire testing and servicing.
• Driving practical site improvements, from machinery modifications and material handling solutions to electrical installations, equipment relocations and workflow improvements.

You will also support the development of an engineering apprentice, helping to build capability while working closely with operational, compliance and health and safety colleagues.

Your work will directly contribute to improved equipment reliability, safer working practices and a stronger, more proactive engineering function.

About You

We re looking for someone who can bring:

• Time-served or equivalent experience within multi-skilled maintenance engineering in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong fault-finding skills across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and control systems as you will be the Maintenance expert onsite.
• Must be electrically qualified with either 17th or 18th edition together with experience planning and completing small-scale electrical installation work.
• Experience coordinating contractors, statutory inspections and engineering compliance requirements.
• Confidence developing practical engineering procedures, including risk assessments, SOPs, safe systems of work and lock-out/tag-out processes.
• The ability to work independently, organise competing priorities and take ownership of engineering decisions.

The Benefits and Package

In return, you ll enjoy:

• £50,000 to £55,000 per annum.
• Permanent, full-time position working 40 hours per week.
• Day shift pattern, Monday to Thursday 07:30 to 16:30 and Friday 07:30 to 13:30.
• 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays, giving 30 days in total.
• Paid overtime available to boost earnings
• Company pension scheme.
• Subsidised on-site meals.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Company-funded training relevant to the role.
• Free on-site parking.