Maintenance Engineer - (Mechanical Bias)

Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Bias<br />Location: Sheffield<br />Salary: £48,000 + overtime + bonus + benefits<br />Hours: Full-time<br />If you’re the sort of engineer who is happiest with a machine stripped down in front of you, working out exactly what has failed and how to put it right, this one is worth a look.<br />We’re recruiting for an experienced Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established heavy engineering and manufacturing site in Sheffield.<br />This is a predominantly mechanical-biased maintenance role, although you will need enough electrical knowledge to fault-find and support breakdowns across a range of heavy machine tools and CNC equipment.<br />You’ll be working on large, traditional engineering machinery, including older vertical boring and CNC machine tools, so we’re looking for somebody who is comfortable getting properly hands-on.<br />Maintenance Engineer - (Mechanical Bias) - What you’ll be doing<br />You’ll be responsible for planned and reactive maintenance across heavy machine tools and associated equipment, including:

• Mechanical breakdown diagnosis and repair
• Stripping down and rebuilding machinery
• Bearings, gearboxes, shafts, spindles and drive systems
• Hydraulics and lubrication systems
• Mechanical alignment and machine rebuild work
• Fault finding on motors, sensors, switches and basic electrical systems
• Preventative maintenance and planned servicing
• Supporting improvements and upgrades to existing machinery
• Working on both traditional and CNC-controlled machine tools
• Ensuring equipment is returned to production safely and efficiently<br />Maintenance Engineer - (Mechanical Bias) - What we’re looking for<br />This role would suit somebody from a machine tool, heavy engineering, machining or industrial maintenance background.<br />Ideally, you’ll bring:
• Strong mechanical maintenance experience
• Experience repairing and rebuilding heavy machinery
• Knowledge of CNC or traditional machine tools
• Experience with vertical borers, lathes, machining centres or similar equipment
• Hydraulics, bearings, gearboxes and mechanical drive knowledge
• Some electrical fault-finding capability
• The confidence to strip machinery down, identify the problem and rebuild it correctly
• A recognised engineering apprenticeship or relevant engineering qualification<br />Experience with Webster &amp; Bennett machinery would be particularly interesting, although it isn’t essential if you have strong experience maintaining comparable heavy machine tools.<br />You do not need to be a CNC programmer. This is very much about maintaining, repairing and keeping the machinery running.<br />Maintenance Engineer - (Mechanical Bias) - What’s on offer
• £48,000 basic salary
• Plenty of overtime available
• Additional bonus
• Benefits package
• Long-term, stable engineering environment
• Opportunity to work on substantial heavy engineering equipment rather than repetitive production-line maintenance<br />Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds