Trainee Maintenance Engineer

Trainee Maintenance Engineer £31,000 per annum | 39 hours per week | Permanent | Full-Time

Vanta Staffing are currently recruiting for a Trainee Maintenance Engineer to join a busy manufacturing facility in Princes Risborough .

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineering professional looking to develop their maintenance skills and build a long-term career within a manufacturing environment.

Working alongside an experienced Lead Engineer, you will receive hands-on training while supporting the maintenance, reliability and continuous improvement of production equipment.

The Role As a Trainee Maintenance Engineer, you will:

Assist with the maintenance and repair of production machinery

Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) as scheduled

Inspect equipment and identify potential faults, safety risks or deterioration in performance

Assist with logical fault finding and corrective maintenance

Maintain accurate machine maintenance records and logs

Support the Maintenance & Facilities team with various tasks

Work closely with Production and Maintenance teams to minimise downtime

Ensure equipment is safely returned to production following maintenance

Complete appropriate risk assessments before carrying out maintenance work

Follow all Health & Safety procedures, Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) and Risk Assessments

Identify opportunities for machine, process and maintenance improvements

Develop engineering knowledge through practical training, workshops and on-the-job learning

Support a culture of Continuous Improvement within the Maintenance team

Technical Skills & Experience The ideal candidate will have an engineering or mechanical background, with some experience or understanding of:

Engineering apprenticeship or relevant engineering training

Reading electrical and mechanical drawings

Logical and structured fault finding

Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)

Pneumatics

Inverter, servo and DC drives

Electrical circuits ranging from 415V to 24VDC

Basic fabrication

Facilities/Maintenance envi...