Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

We are recruiting an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join a leading UK heavy-engineering operation. Working within a large-scale steel processing facility, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and repairing critical production machinery — from slitting and decoiling lines to pickling, coil recovery, and other high-value heavy plant equipment.

This is a hands-on role in a demanding industrial environment where no two days are the same, and your skills will directly impact productivity and plant uptime.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems across multiple heavy-engineering lines
• Carry out welding, fabrication, and oxygen/acetylene cutting to high safety standards
• Undertake bench fitting, mechanical assembly, and operate forklifts, cherry pickers, and overhead cranes
• Provide rapid breakdown response and planned preventive maintenance support
• Conduct basic electrical fault-finding (where qualified)
• Work effectively within a 3-shift rotation, including weekend cover as required
• Ensure strict compliance with H&S procedures and PPE requirements

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Strong, recent UK-based heavy engineering maintenance experience
• Completed mechanical apprenticeship or equivalent (City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3)
• Proven skills in hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, fabrication, and bench fitting
• Certification to operate forklifts, cherry pickers, and overhead cranes
• Flexibility to work shift patterns and occasional weekends
• Own set of hand tools and ability to pass pre-start drug & alcohol screening

Desirable:

• Experience working on slitting/ decoiling machinery
• Basic electrical qualification or practical fault-finding skills

What’s On Offer

• Competitive hourly rate (£16.09/hour) with annual earnings around £36.5k
• Generous overtime rates:
• Midweek OT – enhanced rate
• Saturday OT – ×1.5
• Sunday OT – ×2.0
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme (3% employer match)
• Death-in-service benefit and private health cash plan after qualifying period
• Secure, long-term role with a well-established industry leader

Apply today if you’re a mechanically skilled engineer who thrives in a fast-paced heavy-industrial setting and is ready for a rewarding, stable career.