Maintenance Engineer

THE ROLE

When a machine stops, you are the person everyone wants on the shop floor. As Maintenance Engineer, you will keep our drilling, plating, etching and inspection equipment running at the standard an AS9100-accredited manufacturer demands. You will diagnose faults, support the installation of new equipment and look after the facility services behind production, all within a safety-first culture.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carry out reactive and planned preventative maintenance on production equipment, such as drilling machines, plating and etching lines, and inspection equipment, along with general facility services
• Diagnose and fault-find mechanical, electrical and control faults, escalating to specialists or contractors where needed
• Support installation, commissioning and validation of new equipment, planning work with Production and Engineering to minimise disruption
• Maintain maintenance schedules, service records and technical documentation to support AS9100 and IPC compliance
• Manage critical spares and consumables to minimise downtime
• Oversee contractors and suppliers, ensuring permits to work, RAMS and site rules are followed
• Maintain compressed air, extraction, HVAC and electrical distribution systems
• Support the safe handling, use and disposal of plating, etching and cleaning chemicals, minimising environmental impact
• Contribute to improvements in equipment reliability, supporting on-time in-full (OTIF), scrap and downtime targets, and promote a 6S and ESD-controlled working culture
• Work in line with health and safety legislation, including COSHH, permit-to-work and lock-out/tag-out procedures

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• Multi-skilled mechanical, electrical and industrial electronics/control systems
• Practical fault-finding and diagnostics across production equipment
• Mechanical engineering principles
• PCB manufacturing processes and equipment, such as plating, drilling and inspection
• Compressed air, extraction and general facility services
• COSHH, chemical handling and permit-to-work systems
• AS9100 and IPC requirements for maintenance records

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Time-served mechanical or electrical engineering apprenticeship, or equivalent experience
• Proven track record maintaining production equipment in a manufacturing or process environment
• Electrical bias with industrial electronics and controls skills

Desirable

• Experience in a pressured manufacturing or process environment
• Experience in PCB, electronics or another high-precision, high-compliance sector such as aerospace, defence or medical
• Experience within an AS9100-accredited quality system
• City & Guilds, NVQ, HNC or similar in mechanical or electrical engineering

CORE SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Takes ownership of issues and leads by example on safety and workmanship
• Calm and solutions-focused under pressure
• Delivers reliable, high-quality repairs
• Coaches less experienced engineers and contractors on the job
• Challenges inefficient ways of working
• Gives concise, clear handovers that non-technical colleagues can follow
• Works well across Maintenance, Facilities and Production teams and across shifts
• Keeps technical knowledge up to date

This job description is not exhaustive. The company expects employees to be flexible in their approach and to undertake reasonable extra duties that may be required.