Maintenance Engineer

Job Description:

Info about the company

A well-established and growing business currently delivering a record year with a strong pipeline of new orders landing driven by involvement in high-profile, flagship projects. With over 50 years of heritage, the company combines stability with clear upward momentum, offering genuine career progression—with many employees having advanced rapidly from apprentice level into senior positions.

The culture is close-knit and supportive, reflected in exceptional retention, with many employees staying 30–40+ years and often introducing family and friends into the business. Alongside professional development, the company promotes a strong social environment, with regular activities such as running clubs, football, karting, and team events, creating a workplace where people genuinely enjoy working together.

Info about what the Maintenance Engineer role entails

As a Maintenance Engineer working in a team of 5 covering the UK you will be supporting maintenance contracts (fault analysis & preventative maintenance) in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Dublin etc. When not on site you will also act as a resource supporting project teams with testing and commissioning activities.

You will get lots of visibility across the business with lots of different technologies - always learning and developing new skills. 

Essential Requirements of a Maintenance Engineer (Fault Finding / Projects)

• Fault Cause analysis / fault diagnosis experience - ideally with PLCs
• Able to read and understand schematic diagrams
• Root cause analysis – experience diagnosing software issues / faults 
• Keen to learn and hungry to develop experience in different technical areas with complicated systems and subsystems 
• Able to work under pressure in customer facing environments
• Self-motivated, willing to travel UK wide and be on call (either as a ‘main’ or ‘standby’ 50% of the time and paid at £1.75 per hour + overtime when called out)
• Full UK driving license

Desirable Requirements of a Maintenance Engineer (Fault Finding / Projects)

• Electrical / Electronics / Software Testing Qualifications
• Experience point to point testing of wiring panels. 
• Knowledge of PLC technologies (any PLC is good Mitsubishi, Siemens, Rockwell, Omron, Allen Bradley, etc) - understanding how the logic works, able to fault find logics and interrogate the system.
• Knowledge of control solutions and systems integration - SCADA (is the overall system), the application is Panorama, Codra is the HMI at the top end.

Benefits

• Company Car - choose from a selection of vehicles including estates if preferred - can be used for personal use
• Life assurance
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days over tenure) + bank holidays
• Health care scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Support for formal qualifications and professional development
• Flexitime
• Pay for professional subscriptions
• + Others

If you feel you are suitable and interested in this role, APPLY NOW with an up to date CV. We also pay referral fees if you can suggest another suitable person that isn’t already known to us.

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