Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Company: Connected Consulting Limited
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Location: Fort William
Job Description:

Do you love highland scenery and outdoor adventure; alongside working in a heavy engineering environment making things safer, smarter and more reliable? We’re on the hunt for a Maintenance Department Engineer (Mechanical bias) in delivering planned and reactive maintenance while helping build a strong, reliability‑focused culture on site.

This is an office‑based role (Monday to Thursday 07:30–16:00 & Friday 07:30 to 12:30) with real on‑the‑ground impact. You’ll work closely with operations and maintenance teams, leading weekly maintenance plans, coaching engineers and apprentices, and driving improvements across the site.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Leading and delivering weekly maintenance schedules using CMMS
  • Managing trades, apprentices and external contractors
  • Championing health, safety and environmental standards
  • Supporting fault finding, reliability projects and new equipment installs
  • Coaching and developing a skilled, safety‑first engineering team

What we’re looking for:

  • Strong mechanical maintenance experience in a heavy engineering or process environment
  • Solid knowledge of H&S legislation and safe systems of work
  • HNC (or above) in Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Confidence leading people and influencing a reliability‑driven mindset
  • COMAH experience is a bonus

Why you’ll love it here:

You’ll be joining a site that’s proud of its history and focused on a sustainable future. Oh—and the location? Think mountains, lochs, and space to breathe after work. Not a bad backdrop for your next career move. If this is a job that you can do and you’re curious to learn more, then we’d love to hear from you!

Posted: April 13th, 2026