Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Location:
Plymouth

Shift: Days

Salary:
Up to circa £45,000

Are you a time-served Mechanical Fitter from a manufacturing or engineering environment? If you enjoy working on a wide range of machinery, fault finding, and helping keep production running smoothly, this role offers variety, modern kit and a supportive team.

Yolk Recruitment are working with a well-established manufacturer that has continued to invest in their Plymouth facility. The site runs a range of modern machinery and supporting equipment, with a strong focus on engineering standards, safety and continuous improvement.

You’ll be joining a friendly team where hands‑on mechanical skills are valued, and you’ll have the chance to build your knowledge across a wide range of equipment.

You’ll support day-to-day engineering activity, focusing on planned maintenance, strip-downs, repairs and small upgrade work across key production equipment.

• Carry out planned mechanical maintenance on production equipment and site services
• Strip, inspect and replace bearings, seals, sprockets, gearboxes and drives
• Read and work from mechanical drawings and manuals
• Support machine moves, installs and upgrades
• Assist with root cause analysis and improvement projects
• Record work completed and help build simple maintenance routines
• Maintain environmental, safety and quality standards

The work is varied and gives good exposure to a range of modern machinery, with support from experienced engineers as you learn the site.

• Time-served mechanical apprenticeship or similar qualification
• Confident with strip-downs, rebuilds and fitting work
• Able to read and understand mechanical drawings
• Experience working on rotating equipment, drives or machine tools
• Basic electrical awareness is useful, but this is a clear mechanical role
• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment

• Competitive salary package
• Paid standby allowance of £300 per week when on-call (around 1 in 8‑9 weeks)
• Monday‑Friday pattern with no night shifts
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Subsidised canteen
• Free on‑site parking
• Employee rewards platform
• Training and support from experienced engineers

You’ll be joining a stable business with long‑term investment in people, machinery and engineering.

If you’d like to find out more, get in touch with specialist engineering recruiter Liam Reid.

Apply with your CV. A cover letter is welcome but not essential.

We also run a referral scheme, so if you know someone who may be interested, feel free to share their details.

Please note:

due to high application volumes, we may not be able to reply to everyone. If you don’t hear back within 7 days, please assume your application hasn’t been successful on this occasion.