Mechanical Technician
Listed on 2026-09-23
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Engineering
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Technicians – Build a Long Term Career at a UK Spaceport Saxa Vord Spaceport, Shetland | 3 weeks on / 3 weeks off | Accommodation & catering provided | Travel supported
What if your next engineering job wasn't just another engineering job?
NT Engineering & Manufacturing's Highland Division is working exclusively with Saxa Vord Spaceport in Shetland to recruit 2 Mechanical Technicians to join a brand-new engineering and maintenance team.
Saxa Vord is building towards its first launch, expected by the end of 2026, with further growth planned as launch activity develops. You'll have the chance to help shape how the engineering and maintenance function develops, work alongside electrical engineers and operations, and potentially grow into supervisory or leadership roles as the site expands
This is an opportunity to take your mechanical skills somewhere very different - a working spaceport, supporting the infrastructure behind rocket launches.
This isn't your typical maintenance role.You'll be working across one of the UK's most exciting new engineering environments, helping keep the infrastructure behind the spaceport running safely and reliably.
Your work will include:- Mechanical maintenance across pumps, valves, pipework and rotating equipment
- Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Power generation and utilities
- Compressed air systems
- Lifting equipment
- Launch pad ground-support infrastructure
- General industrial plant
- The newly built Integration Hangar, where rockets are assembled before heading to the launch pad
We're interested in good mechanical engineers/technicians who want to do something different.
You’ll ideally have experience with:- Mechanical maintenance
- Pumps, valves, hydraulics, pneumatics or rotating equipment
- Pipework and industrial plant
- Fault finding and breakdown maintenance
- Multiskilled/electrical experience would be a bonus.
We’re not necessarily looking for someone who has worked in a space environment before.
If you’ve built a solid mechanical foundation and you’re hungry to learn, work independently and get involved, we’d like to hear from you.
What they can offer:- Salary £50k
- Accommodation provided
- Catering provided
- Travel support, including a contribution towards the Aberdeen–Shetland ferry
- 3 weeks on 3 weeks off - day shifts, approximately 7am–7pm
Do you want a career somewhere completely different? Do you want to gain hands‑on engineering experience, exposure to a highly regulated environment, the opportunity to work around a developing space operation and the chance to be part of something from the very beginning?
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