Maintenance Engineer​/Manager

Position: Maintenance Engineer/Manager (Permanent)
Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Manager – Huddersfield (Day Shifts) 🔧🏭

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Location:

Huddersfield, HD7
💷 Salary: £43,000 – £50,000 (DOE)
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Hours:

Monday–Friday, Day Shifts
🔧 Role Type:
Permanent | Full-Time | Hands-On (Mechanical Bias 65% / Electrical 35%)

A hands-on role keeping a busy heat-treatment and engineering site running smoothly.
This is a great opportunity for a time-served engineer to take ownership of all maintenance activities while developing into a leadership role. You’ll be responsible for PPM, breakdowns, site services, compliance, and contractor management, ensuring safe and reliable operation across all machinery, furnaces, and plant equipment.

Perfect for someone who enjoys autonomy, variety, and being the go-to person for engineering support, with the opportunity to apply and further develop basic electrical skills alongside external specialists.

🔧 What You’ll Be Doing

Planned Maintenance & Breakdown Response

Deliver the full PPM schedule across the site

Accurately log and close out maintenance tasks

React quickly and safely to breakdowns

Plan major repairs and shutdowns with minimal disruption

Compliance, Safety & Site Standards

Ensure statutory inspections are completed (LOLER, pressure systems, LEV, electrical, fire safety)

Maintain guarding, interlocks, LOTO, emergency lighting, and alarms

Support safe systems of work including permits, RAMS, hot work, and working at height

Report and act on any safety concerns or machinery risks

Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Focus

Mechanical fault-finding, strip-downs, and rebuilds across furnaces, pumps, motors, conveyors, and ancillary plant

Bearings, belts, shafts, valves, pneumatics, hydraulics

Fabrication and fitting when required

Apply basic electrical skills for fault finding and support

Work alongside external electrical specialists to develop further electrical capability

Support machine and process improvements to increase reliability

Site Services & Facilities

Maintain compressed air, HVAC, lighting, extraction, and general building fabric

Highlight areas needing repair or capital investment

Keep the site tidy, safe, and audit-ready

Contractor & Supplier Management

Source and supervise contractors for specialist work

Review RAMS, issue permits, and ensure safe working practices

Manage costs for parts, spares, and external services

Cost & Energy Awareness

Monitor and control maintenance spend

Identify energy and resource waste and suggest improvements

⭐ What Good Looks Like

Minimal downtime of furnaces and plant equipment

PPM completed on time

Quick closure on statutory actions

Safe, compliant operations

Tidy, well-maintained site

Efficient use of parts and contractor resources

💡 Essential Experience

Strong mechanical maintenance background in industrial/engineering/heat-treatment environments

Mechanical fault-finding and repair skills across plant equipment

Experience delivering PPM and reactive maintenance

Basic electrical skills

Understanding of safe systems of work, permits, and RAMS

Ability to interpret mechanical drawings

Hands-on, proactive approach

✨ Desirable Extras

Experience with furnaces, ovens, or heat-treatment plant

LEV/LOLER/pressure systems awareness

CI/Lean experience

IOSH or similar H&S qualification