Details:
- Salary: £40,000 - 48,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Gloucester ENG GL1
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Gloucester
Salary: £40,000 - £48,000 DOE
Permanent | Engineering & Manufacturing
Are you an experienced Maintenance Engineer with a strong mechanical engineering background looking for your next opportunity within a busy engineering and manufacturing environment? We are recruiting for a skilled Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join an established engineering business in Gloucester. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong mechanical knowledge, fault-finding ability and experience maintaining and repairing industrial machinery and equipment. Experience with pneumatics and hydraulics is essential, while electrical or electronic knowledge would be a strong advantage.
The Role
As a Maintenance Engineer, you will play a key role in maintaining the reliability, performance and availability of engineering machinery and production equipment.
Your responsibilities will include:
Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
Reactive maintenance and breakdown repairs
Mechanical fault finding and diagnostics
Maintenance and repair of hydraulic systems
Maintenance and repair of pneumatic systems
Repair and replacement of mechanical components
Working with pumps, motors, bearings, gearboxes and drive systems
Investigating equipment failures and identifying root causes
Supporting machinery installations and engineering improvements
Minimising production downtime
Carrying out routine inspections and servicing
Supporting continuous improvement projects
Working closely with engineering and production teams
Ensuring machinery operates safely, efficiently and reliably
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for candidates with a strong engineering and mechanical maintenance background, ideally gained within a precision engineering, manufacturing, production or industrial environment.
Ideally, you will have:
Strong Mechanical Engineering knowledge
Mechanical maintenance experience
Mechanical fault-finding and diagnostic skills
Hydraulics experience
Pneumatics experience
Experience maintaining industrial machinery
Knowledge of pumps, motors, bearings and gearboxes
Planned and reactive maintenance experience
Machinery breakdown and repair experience
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
Strong technical problem-solving skills
Experience within an Engineering or Manufacturing environment
Electrical or electronic knowledge would be advantageous
A proactive and hands-on engineering approach
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to join an established engineering and manufacturing business where you will have a varied and technically challenging role.
You will be working directly with machinery and engineering equipment, helping improve reliability, reduce downtime and support the ongoing performance of the manufacturing operation.
The position would suit an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer or Multi-Skilled Engineer looking for a stable, long-term engineering opportunity.
Salary: £40,000 - £48,000 depending on experience
Permanent Position
If you are an experienced Maintenance Engineer with a strong mechanical engineering background and have the relevant experience, please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV. As champions of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, THOMAS Professional is committed to reviewing all applications we receive with complete fairness and equality. At THOMAS Professional, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know, and we’ll be happy to accommodate your needs.
THOMAS Professional is acting as an agency on behalf of the client for this position.
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