Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Position: Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Permanent)
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical Bias)

Location:

Fort William, Scotland
Industry: Heavy Engineering / Process Manufacturing
Relocation Package:
Available

Our client, a well-established heavy engineering business based in Fort William, is seeking an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their site engineering team. This is a key role with strong leadership responsibility, focused on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement within a COMAH-regulated environment.

The Role

This position would suit a multi-skilled engineer with either a mechanical or electrical biasorwho is comfortable leading people, driving safe systems of work, and contributing to site reliability and maintenance strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

Ensuring all maintenance activities are carried out in line with health, safety and environmental standards

Leading thorough investigation of accidents and incidents, implementing robust corrective actions

Issuing clear, safety-focused instructions and ensuring full compliance

Supporting and delivering wider HSEQ activities as required by the business

Ensuring all written isolation procedures are followed, including multiple energy isolation points

Managing and developing trade and apprentice engineers within your area

Contributing to and leading the weekly maintenance schedule using CMMS and site information centres

Identifying and responding to new or changing engineering standards and legislation

Driving a reliability-focused culture across the maintenance function

Leading site reliability and improvement projects using recognised lean principles

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong engineering maintenance background in a heavy engineering or industrial environment

Mechanical or Electrical bias with multi-skilled capability

Sound knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation

HNC or above in an engineering discipline (or demonstrable experience with willingness to undertake further study)

Experience of industrial-scale process plant operations and maintenance

Understanding of relevant engineering standards, codes of practice and procedures

COMAH site experience highly desirable

What's on Offer

Relocation package available for candidates moving to the Fort William area

A challenging and influential role within a stable, established business

Opportunity to lead people and drive real improvements in safety and reliability

Competitive salary and benefits package (details available upon application)