1,230 Equipment Maintenance jobs in the United Kingdom

• Permanent role
• County Durham location
• Starting salary £42K-£4K per annum – rises after 6-month probation to £4
• 3 on 3 off, alternating days and nights, 3 sets of each – 7am/7pm start times
• Choice to be paid weekly or monthly
• 24 days holiday (pro-rata) inclusive statutory
• Health care plan
• Life Insurance and Death in Service
• Readily available overtime paid at enhanced rates time & ¼  

• Delivering planned and reactive maintenance on automated production lines
• Mechanical fault finding
• Completing PPM’s and updating maintenance systems
• Asset strip down maintenance and repair
• Delivering maintenance within hydraulic systems, DC motors, gear boxes, vacuum pumps and ideally servo motors
• Ensuring the completion of basic facilities maintenance to maintain the upkeep of the plant
• Working to ensure maximum production up-time within a 24/7 production facility
• Working as part of a maintenance team, each shift comprised of 1 Electrical, 1 Mechanical and 1 multi-skilled Technician  

• Time served within a Mechanical Discipline
• Tool room knowledge - ability to deliver basic welding and manual machining to undertake running repairs and replace machine guards
• Any knowledge of PLC’s, ABB Robotics, AC Inverters and Servo Motors would be a nice to have for the role
• Hydraulic systems, DC motors, gear boxes, pumps
• Electrical multi-skilling beneficial  

SG Personnel are working with a well known large manufacturing business in Gateshead who are looking to recruit a Mechanical Maintenance Technician on a dayshift pattern on a permanent basis.

The role is covering plant equipment reliability and supporting maintenance daily excellence, whilst providing support to the shift fitters and production teams solving problems.

The successful candidate will be a time served technician within a similar role, ideally within a plant environment.

Working hours are Monday to Thursday 7.30am to 4pm, with a midday finish on a Friday.

Package includes:

• Service bonus of 2%
• Pension up to 6%
• Performance bonus of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday
• On site gym

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Full Time, Permanent

Monday to Friday- 3 shift pattern (earlies, afternoons, nights)

Starting salary: Circa £41,000 including shift allowance

Opportunity to progress to circa £3,000 (inc shift allowance) after 1 year and further development to circa 5,000 (inc shift allowance)

Benefits include: Premium rate overtime, Life Assurance, Welcome Bonus, Performance Bonus, Pension, Free parking, Continued training & development.

The Company

Adeptus are proud to be partnered with a successful and internationally operating FMCG based manufacturer. The business was recently certified as a ‘great place to work’ making it the only manufacturer in Wales to be given the certification! Not only a great place to work, but a high technology, modern, challenging engineering environment where you can truly develop as an engineer. Whilst challenging, you will be given comprehensive support & training both on site and at OEM locations internationally. Opportunities to progress to in to level 2 and level 3 engineer as listed above is completely dictated by you and your ambition to progress/develop.

We are looking at adding 2x mechanical maintenance technicians to the team on a full time, permanent basis.

The Role:

Working as part of a large and diverse maintenance engineering team, your ultimate objective will be to ensure the efficient running & reliability of the production/process machinery, some of your responsibilities will be:

• Reactive Maintenance: Swiftly respond to breakdowns, diagnose issues, and repair electrical and mechanical faults.
li>Planned Maintenance: Perform scheduled maintenance to ensure the equipment remains reliable and functions smoothly.
• Equipment Support: Assist with the installation and modification of electro-mechanical systems.
• Team Collaboration: Provide training, coaching, and support to production and operational staff.

The Person:

This role would suit someone who is either an already experienced/qualified engineer within the industry or someone who has a small amount of exposure to service/maintenance and looking to carve themselves a career within the industry, other requirements include:

• NVQ Level 3 qualified in an mechanical engineering discipline.
• mechanically biased, previous experience diagnosing faults on mechanical systems, machinery installations etc
• A proactive, hands-on approach to problem-solving.
• Production manufacturing industry experience (essential)
• FMCG or high speed manufacturing- beneficial

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Location: Lydney

Contract: Permanent

We are currently working with a client based in Lydney, who are looking for a skilled mechanical fitter that can provide preventative maintenance and help with mechanical breakdown service on machinery on-site.
This role operates on a day rota pattern, shifts may range from 8 to 12 hours, based on what is needed on-site.
Working hours are Monday to Friday however you will be expected to work 1 weekend, every 5 weeks.
You will also be on a call rota 1 week in 5, for breakdown support during the evening or night.

Preventative maintenance will include:

• Transmission belt inspection, tensioning and changing,
• Inspection of bearings and couplings, alignment checking.
• Installation and maintenance of rotating equipment including pumps, refiners, paper machine rolls, agitators, fans.
• Removal and fitting of bearings and couplings.
• Repair and maintenance of all types of seals and packing’s.
• Turning, milling and grinding of components.
• General fabrication work.
• Rigging and lifting of heavy equipment.
• Fault finding on, and repair of Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems.
• Repair of compressors and other ancillary equipment.

Role Responsibilities – Mechanical Maintenance Technician  

• To ensure safety standards are maintained and safe working procedures are adhered to.
• Reporting any accidents and near misses, to improve the Occupational Safety of personnel
• Diagnosing and repairing equipment breakdowns.
• Identifying failure modes of plant equipment and returning the equipment to operation safely and in a reasonable timescale.
• To follow up all shift reports, SAP and other inspection reports detailing corrective actions
• Identifying failure modes of mechanical equipment and making recommendations to prevent further failures.
• Locating spare parts using the maintenance management system. Collecting and returning spares to stores.
• To work under the rules of the Electrical and Mechanical safety systems, Issuing certificates / permits as and when required.
• To assess all engineering plant changes using the Management of Change (MOC) system.
• Obtaining maintenance schedules from the maintenance management system (SAP) and feeding back work carried out. Work arising to be recorded using notifications.
• To liaise with engineering day teams to identify and resolve long-term engineering issues.

An ideal candidate for the Mechanical Maintenance role would have:

• Strong Drive, Motivation and Commitment: the extent to which the individual is self starting and self motivated and the degree and consistency of energy / enthusiasm which is committed in the pursuit of objectives and business goals.
• The post holder should have good analytical skills and the ability to assimilate, organise and analyse pertinent information for logic based problem solving.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Able to communicate in clear concise manner, both in writing and orally
• Computer literate with practical experience of CMMS systems.
• A team worker, with a flexible approach to work.
• Customer and Quality Awareness
• Problem Solving and Decision Making

For more information on this role, please contact Jules Bujalska on (phone number removed) or send a copy of your CV to (url removed)

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The Company

Our client is a market leading manufacturing company due to a sustained period of growth they are now looking to recruit a Mechanical Maintenance Technician.

The Role

• To work on planned and breakdown maintenance on a range of machinery associated with production.
• Planned preventative maintenance and breakdown work on production equipment.
• To diagnose and repair mechanical faults.
• To minimise any down time to production.
• Working day shift.

The Person

• You will ideally be time served.
• Multi Skilled with a mechanical bias.
• Logical problem solver with excellent fault-finding abilities.
• Previous manufacturing experience is essential.
• Have knowledge of manufacturing.

The Benefits

• You will be working for a well-established growing employer.
• An excellent salary.
• A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.
• The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.
• Overtime opportunities.

Are you an experienced Mechanical Fitter looking for a new position with a growing company? Are you able to obtain Security Clearance? If so, this position is for you!

This Mechanical Fitter position is working for a company in Portsmouth who focus on asset and facilities management across the defence and maritime sectors. The role offers a Monday to Friday working week. This Mechanical Fitter position is paying up to £37,000 depending on experience. A British Passport is required and you will need to be able to obtain security clearance.

This Mechanical Fitter role is focused on the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance across a variety of mechanical systems including heating systems, pumps, saws, hoists, winches and steam systems. Responsibilities include installation, fault finding, repair, testing and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. It is important within this role to ensure all tools and equipment are used suitability, as well as up to date with inspections.

You will need:

• Previous experience within a Mechanical Fitter position
• Machine Maintenance
• Ideally to have completed an apprenticeship or NVQ in a relevant field
• To be competent using a variety of hand tools efficiently and safely
• Experience with mechanical faut finding and rectification
• To hold a British Passport and be able to obtain Security Clearance

If you are interested in this role and think you have the skills and experience this company are looking for then APPLY NOW. Alternatively, please call Steph at Kingdom People on (phone number removed).

Kingdom People is acting within the capacity of a Recruitment Agency for their client.

Mechanical Maintenance Technician | 4-Day Week Option

Choose your shift pattern

• Option 1 - days Monday to Friday, 7 am - 3.30 pm
• Option 2 - afternoons, Monday to Thursday 2 pm - 12 pm - FRIDAYS OFF + c2K shift allowance.

Why you'll love this role:
This isn't just another maintenance engineer job. You'll join a forward-thinking company investing heavily in modern equipment and its people. With just a few other engineers on site, you'll have real influence and variety in your work.

Your rewards package:

• 40,000-50,000 basic salary
• Potential Christmas bonus (typically 2 weeks' pay)
• 24+ days holiday plus bank holidays
• Plenty of overtime at premium rates, 1.5 during the week and Sat, Sunday double time.
• 2,000 shift allowance for afternoon pattern

Your typical day:
From preventative maintenance on cutting-edge machinery to installing new equipment and leading improvement projects, no two days are the same. You'll keep production running smoothly whilst developing your skills on modern kit.

You'll need to bring:

• Level 3 qualification or above in mechanical engineering
• Solid hydraulics and pneumatics expertise
• Ideally, some electrical knowledge
• Steam/boiler experience would be perfect

Ready for better? This Mechanical Maintenance Technician position offers the perfect blend of challenge, reward and work-life balance. Apply Today!

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Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Crewe

3 shift (37 hours per week)

Early finish each Friday

47,000+
Pension, Life Assurance, Holidays, Bonus

An excellent opportunity has arisen with a growing manufacturing site. The business is looking to bring experienced Mechanical Maintenance Technicians to the Engineering team at a fast-paced manufacturing facility. This is a challenging role involving diverse work. You will be tasked with the setting/operation of CNC & Power Press Machines as well as the maintenance & repair of the same machinery.

Role Description

* Setting & Operating Power Press/CNC Machines while performing reactive and preventative maintenance on all machinery and systems
* Working to company safety guidelines
* Ensuring the quality of production using SPC and following written SOP (Standard operating procedures) and RA (Risk Assessments).
* Achieving set volume production targets.
* Maintaining machines in line with preventative maintenance schedules.
* Reacting to resolve immediate mechanical break downs.
* Recording machine performance using the companies Smart Factory data collection system for measuring performance and OEE.
* Taking part in company safety, quality, and performance programs


Skills and Qualifications

* 4-year Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship with a Level 3 Minimum in Engineering - Must have
* Power Press or CNC background desired
* Hand Mechanical Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment

Company Information

As a business our client is a true market leader within their industry with a strong presence across the UK. With a secure portfolio of clients these roles provide a stable and secure opportunity in the present economic market.

In return for your commitment my client offers a stable and secure career for technically motivated engineers. To apply please email your CV / resume to (url removed)

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

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