Maintains Engineer

Description:

Maintenance Engineer

Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Salary: £23.91 per hour (£43,421 basic salary) + 10% night shift allowance + overtime opportunities
Contract: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Customer Demand Led Rota (CDLR) - 3 x 12-hour shifts per week (1816 annualised hours)

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established manufacturing site in Bradford.

The role involves a mix of planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown work across a variety of production machinery. Around 70% of the workload is mechanically focused, making this a great opportunity for either a mechanically biased or multi-skilled engineer who enjoys fault finding and problem solving.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdown repairs.
Diagnose and rectify mechanical and electrical faults.
Maintain production machinery and associated equipment.
Work on conveyors, bearings, motors, pulleys, timing belts, sensors and pneumatic equipment.
Support continuous improvement and reliability initiatives.
Complete maintenance records using maintenance management systems.
Assist with machine installations, testing and commissioning activities.
Work closely with production teams to minimise downtime and maximise performance.
Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out safely and in line with company procedures.

What We're Looking For

We're open to engineers from a variety of manufacturing backgrounds.

Whilst an electrically biased engineer would be advantageous, strong mechanically biased engineers with some electrical fault-finding experience are also of interest.

Essential

Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or Electrical Maintenance Engineer.
Manufacturing or production maintenance experience.
Experience carrying out reactive and preventative maintenance.
Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
Experience working on production machinery.
Knowledge of conveyors, bearings, motors and mechanical drive systems.
Good communication and teamwork skills.
Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
Multi-skilled maintenance background.
Electrical fault-finding experience.
Experience working with:
Pneumatics
Hydraulics
Sensors
Timing belts
Pulleys
Lathes
Milling machines
PLC fault finding
Experience within packaging, FMCG, food manufacturing, plastics, recycling or other manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

Essential

Engineering apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent engineering qualification.
Previous maintenance engineering experience.

Desirable

Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification.
Multi-skilled engineering training.
Additional electrical qualifications.

Shift Pattern & Benefits

£23.91 per hour (£43,421 basic salary).
Additional 10% night shift allowance.
Overtime opportunities available.
3 x 12-hour shifts per week.
Annual rota provided in advance.
Annualised hours contract (1816 hours per year).
Maximum of four working days per week.
25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
20 protected holiday days.
Pension scheme through Legal & General with employer contributions up to 11%.
Training and development opportunities.
Excellent work-life balance.

Why Join?

Join a stable manufacturing business with approximately 130 employees onsite.
Supportive and experienced engineering team.
Opportunity to work on a broad range of manufacturing equipment.
Training available to help develop your skills and career.
Annual rota provided in advance, offering excellent visibility of your working year.
Genuine long-term career opportunity within a business that values attitude, reliability and continuous development.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will be someone who:

Has a solid maintenance engineering background.
Enjoys fault finding and problem solving.
Takes pride in their work and working environment.
Works well as part of a team.
Has a stable employment history.
Is looking to continue learning and developing their engineering skills.
Wants to build a long-term career within a supportive engineering environment.

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