Maintenance Engineer

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Location: West Yorkshire

Salary: £42,000 – £46,000 OTE (including overtime)

Benefits

• Permanent, secure role
• Overtime paid at time and a half
• Strong earning potential
• Structured rotating shifts
• Opportunity to get involved in improvements & projects
• Stable manufacturing environment

Must Haves

• Time-served Maintenance Engineer
• Strong electrical fault-finding ability
• Experience working on industrial machinery
• Basic PLC fault finding / diagnostics
• Proactive, hands-on attitude

Hours

• Monday to Friday – Rotating Shifts
• 1 week: 06:00 – 14:30
• 1 week: 13:30 – 22:00
• 2 weeks: 08:00 – 16:30
• Overtime available at time and a half

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on, fast-paced maintenance role within a well-established manufacturing environment.

You’ll be responsible for keeping machinery running efficiently, carrying out both reactive and planned maintenance, and playing a key role in minimising downtime across the site.

If you enjoy fault finding, problem solving, and being a go-to engineer on the shop floor — this role gives you the autonomy to do exactly that.

Key Responsibilities

• Electrical and mechanical maintenance of machinery
• Fault finding on motors, drives, and control systems
• PLC fault finding and basic diagnostics
• Carrying out PPMs and reactive maintenance
• Supporting continuous improvement projects
• Ensuring all work is completed safely and efficiently
• Participating in the on-call rota

What We’re Looking For

• A confident, hands-on engineer with a strong electrical background
• Someone who can fault find quickly and effectively under pressure
• Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• 18th Edition (advantageous but not essential)
• A team player with a proactive mindset

Why This Role?

This role offers the best of both worlds — strong base earnings with overtime pushing you up to £46K, alongside a stable, long-term opportunity in a well-established business.

You’ll be trusted to take ownership, work on varied equipment, and contribute to improvements — not just firefight breakdowns.