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 environments
• Maintenance best practice and Continuous Improvement

Not every skill is essential at trainee level, but candidates should have a strong engineering foundation and a genuine willingness to learn and develop.

Personal Attributes

We're looking for someone who is:

• Self-motivated and keen to learn
• Technically and mechanically minded
• A logical and confident problem solver
• Highly attentive to detail
• Flexible and adaptable
• Safety-conscious
• A strong communicator and team player
• Comfortable working in a busy manufacturing environment
• Passionate about developing a long-term career in engineering

What's on Offer?

• £31,000 per annum
• 39 hours per week
• Permanent, full-time position
• Full training and development
• Hands-on engineering experience
• Opportunity to develop into a fully experienced Maintenance Engineer
• Long-term career progression
• Support and mentoring from an experienced engineering team