Details:
- Salary: £55,000 - 58,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: S9 Meadowhall Sheffield
- Date: 4 days ago
Description:
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Salary: £55,000 – £58,000 per year (inc. shift allowance) + monthly bonus
Job type: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule: Rotating shift (AM / PM / Nights)
Lodestone Recruitment is hiring a Mechanical Maintenance Technician for a world-renowned manufacturer in Sheffield. This is a permanent role on a modern, purpose-built site with major expansion planned in next few years and clear progression for the right maintenance engineer.
You'll be a time-served (or apprentice-trained) engineer from a mid-to-heavy industrial background — steel, castings, foundry, forgings, aerospace or similar.
Responsibilities
* Planned preventative maintenance (PPM), fault-finding and breakdown repairs across mechanical plant
* Diagnosing and repairing hydraulics, pneumatics, rotating machinery, pumps, gearboxes, bearings and drive systems
* Maximising uptime on critical equipment, including heat treatment, VAR, ISM and air melt induction furnaces
* Root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective/preventative actions
* Supporting installation, commissioning and upgrades
* Logging work on the site's CMMS and ensuring full health & safety compliance
Requirements
* Proven mechanical maintenance experience in engineering or manufacturing
* Strong mechanical fault-finding and problem-solving skills
* Able to read engineering drawings and technical documentation
* Time-served / apprentice-trained or equivalent
* Flexibility to work a rotating shift and overtime
Hours of work (weekly rotation)
* AM: Mon–Thu 6am–2pm, Fri 1pm–10pm
* PM: Mon–Thu 2pm–10pm, Fri 1pm–9pm
* Nights: Sun–Thu 10pm–6am
Training starts on a days / AM–PM rotation, paid £51,750–£54,300 for the initial period (excluding night premium).
Benefits
* Monthly bonus scheme
* 30 days' holiday (22 + bank holidays), rising to 35 over five years
* Private Westfield healthcare
* Up to 9% contributory pension
* Premium-paid overtime
* Free on-site parking, canteen and uniform
* Genuine career development
How to apply
Click Apply now with your CV, or contact the Lodestone Recruitment team.
Lodestone Recruitment is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy