Maintenance Engineer

The Opportunity

You’ll be part of a team that values collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional development, with benefits that include wellbeing support, enhanced holiday entitlement, performance‑related bonuses, and access to a range of employee rewards.

Your duties and responsibilities will be:

• Provide Firstline maintenance support for machine and appliance breakdowns.
• Diagnose faults across electrical circuits, mechanical systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, and machine tool centres.
• Interrogate and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and control systems.
• Install and maintain 3‑phase power supplies and support commissioning of new equipment.
• Replace spindles, drives, and auxiliary machine tool components.
• Deliver both reactive and planned preventative maintenance in line with PPM schedules and compliance standards.
• Support machine alignment, repair, and optimisation activities.
• Liaise with maintenance support teams regarding spare parts and requisitions.
• Complete all required documentation and maintain accurate maintenance records.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, 6S standards, and facility objectives.
• Mentor trainees and support colleagues to achieve operational goals.
• Comply with all HS&E policies, identify hazards, and take corrective action.

You will have the following qualifications & experience:

• Experience in machine tool maintenance.
• Ability to use machine controls for fault‑finding, ideally Siemens 840D.
• Understanding of machine shop, metal treatment, and fabrication processes.
• Experience with 5‑axis milling or other large, complex machining systems.
• Ability to work shifts.

It’s great if you also have the following:

• Experience with machines such as Henri Line, DST, Handtmann, Droop & Rein, or Cincinnati.
• Knowledge of NADCAP requirements.
• Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Confidence mentoring trainees or junior team members

The setting for the role

This position is based at a large engineering and manufacturing facility in Wrexham (LL12). The site operates a 24/7 shift pattern averaging 42 hours per week and is a unionised environment. The culture emphasises professional development, long‑term career growth, and employee wellbeing, supported by benefits such as mental‑health resources, Perkbox rewards, and enhanced holiday entitlement.

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