Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
6 days ago
Cambridge
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer Fed up with feeling like the breakdown firefighter? Ready for a role where you can actually get ahead of the maintenance curve and make a real impact? This Mechanical Maintenance Engineer role gives you the chance to take ownership of a modern, fast-paced production environment where reliability, safety, and continuous improvement are genuinely valued. Youll be part of a highly skilled maintenance team, keeping critical equipment running smoothly and ensuring the site hits its performance targets every single day. Job Responsibilities • Deliver high-quality mechanical maintenance across production equipment to consistently meet factory performance targets, • Carry out mechanical setup, changeovers, and production support, • Diagnose and repair mechanical breakdowns quickly and effectively, • Perform planned preventive maintenance to minimise downtime, • Support with fabrication, machining, and installation of plant and machinery, • Respond to first-line issues across boilers, chillers, air compressors, and wider site utilities, • Work safely at all times, following site standards and contributing to a strong safety culture, • Use stores systems and Maintenance Management Systems accurately, • Contribute to continuous improvement and reliability initiatives across the site, • Provide occasional support to electrical tasks when required (within competency) Skills and Experience • Recognised mechanical apprenticeship (City & Guilds, NVQ or equivalent), • Strong experience working on production and process equipment in a factory environment, • Solid mechanical diagnostic and fault-finding skills, • Machining and/or welding skills, • Experience with boilers, chillers, compressors, and utility systems, • Good understanding of planned and reactive maintenance in a fast-moving environment, • Computer literacy for stores systems and Maintenance Management Systems, • Water treatment and boiler testing experience (desirable), • Electrical competency beneficial but not essential Pay and Benefits • Salary: £44,000 per annum, plus overtime, • Outstanding pension scheme you contribute 4%, the company contributes 10%, • Annual tool allowance (£263), • 5 hours per week: MondayFriday, 08:0016:30, • 30 days holiday per year plus 13 additional Fridays off per year (1 per month plus 1 more), • Life assurance (4x average salary), • Company sick pay scheme, • Onsite free parking, • Access to buyable benefits such as dental and medical cover, • Childcare vouchers JBRP1_UKTJ