🔧 Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
📍 Location: West Yorkshire
🕒 Working Hours: 39 hours/week, 3 × 12-hour night shifts plus 1 out of 4 Sundays (0600–1800/1800-0600)
Reporting to: Engineering Manager
Are you a hands-on Mechanical Maintenance Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced production environment? Do you enjoy fault-finding, improving machinery performance, and keeping production running at peak efficiency? If so, this could be the role for you.
🚀 The Role
You’ll play a key role in ensuring production machinery is maintained, repaired, and improved to the highest standard — minimising downtime and maximising output. Working closely with engineering, production, suppliers, and contractors, you’ll be a trusted problem-solver on site.
🛠 Key Responsibilities
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Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on plant and production equipment
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Diagnose and repair mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and basic electrical faults
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Install, relocate, and improve production machinery
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Read and interpret mechanical drawings
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Specify, order, and book in spare parts
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Complete maintenance records, timesheets, and associated paperwork
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Liaise with contractors, suppliers, engineers, and internal departments
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Support stock takes and continuous improvement activities
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Maintain the highest standards of health & safety at all times
📊 How Success Is Measured
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Reduction in machine downtime
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Speed and effectiveness of breakdown response
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Quality and reliability of repairs
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Accuracy and consistency of maintenance records
👤 What We’re Looking For
Qualifications & Experience
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Recognised Mechanical qualification (NVQ / City & Guilds / BTEC / HNC or similar)
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Experience in a high-speed, high-pressure production environment
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Background in printing or carton manufacturing desirable
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Experience with Packaging machinery ideally Cut & Crease, or Folder Gluers an advantage
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PC literate with basic Excel and Word skills
Personal Attributes
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Multi-skilled, reliable, and highly conscientious
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Calm under pressure with strong organisational skills
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Proactive, “can-do” attitude with excellent problem-solving ability
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Comfortable working independently or as part of a team
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Flexible with working hours and overtime when required
🏭 Working Environment
📩 Interested?
If you’re a practical, driven maintenance engineer looking for a stable role where your skills genuinely make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.