Vacancy Detail

Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical bias

📍 Location: Wakefield
💷 Salary: £40,000 – £42,000 per year
🕒 Hours: Monday to Thursday 7:00am – 4:00pm | Friday 7:00am – 1:00pm
📄 Contract: Permanent

The Role

We are currently seeking a Mechanically Biased Maintenance Engineer to join an established manufacturing business in the Wakefield area on a permanent basis.

This is a heavy mechanical role working across workshop and production machinery. The successful candidate will be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance, with a strong focus on lathes, presses, and traditional workshop equipment rather than highly automated FMCG lines.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM)

• Respond to mechanical breakdowns efficiently

• Fault find and repair heavy mechanical equipment

• Maintain and repair:

  • Lathes

  • Milling machines

  • Presses

  • Workshop machinery

  • Gearboxes, bearings, shafts and drive systems

• Work on hydraulic and pneumatic systems

• Conduct basic electrical fault finding (motors, drives, control panels)

• Support continuous improvement and small engineering projects

• Ensure all work is completed in line with health & safety standards

Minimum Requirements

• Mechanically biased maintenance engineer

• Experience within heavy manufacturing or workshop environments

• Strong mechanical fault-finding skills

• Apprenticeship trained or time-served preferred

• Able to work independently and within a small team

• Good understanding of health & safety practices

Package & Benefits

• Competitive salary of £40,000 – £42,000

• Permanent, full-time position

• Early finish every Friday

• Stable, well-established business environment

• Supportive engineering team

Location: Wakefield | Salary: £40000 - £42000 per year | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 03/03/2026