Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Location:

Cumbernauld, Glasgow | Shift: Monday to Friday, 06:00-14:00 / 14:00-22:00 | Salary: £46,300

Looking for a Maintenance Engineer role where you can make a real impact on production performance while developing your skills with a well-established engineering team. Our client is seeking a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their busy manufacturing operation in Cumbernauld. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive Maintenance Engineer with a strong electrical background who enjoys fault-finding, problem-solving, and working within a fast-paced production environment.

The successful Maintenance Engineer will play a key role in minimising downtime, improving plant reliability, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across production machinery and equipment.
• Diagnosing and rectifying electrical and mechanical faults to minimise downtime.
• Working closely with production teams to improve plant performance and productivity.
• Investigating breakdowns and machinery speed losses, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Ensuring spare parts, materials and maintenance resources are available when required.
• Recording maintenance activities and repairs to identify recurring issues and support continuous improvement.

• Previous experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Multi-skilled engineering experience with a strong electrical bias.
• Ability to fault-find on single and three-phase systems, servo motors, AC motors, sensors and control systems.
• Knowledge of PLC-controlled machinery and electrical installations, including lighting and small power.
• Mechanical maintenance experience covering gearboxes, drive systems, rollers, shafts, pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Ability to strip down machinery to component level and rebuild equipment effectively.
• NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent preferred, although time-served engineers will also be considered.
• Strong communication skills, organisational ability and a proactive approach to maintenance.

• Private healthcare.
• Perkbox membership with discounts on gym memberships, active wear, shopping, cinema tickets, food and drink, and wellbeing support.
• WE CARE membership providing 24/7 GP access, mental health support, fitness programmes and wellbeing resources.
• Opportunities to gain further qualifications through external training.
• Clear career progression and development opportunities.
• 23 days holiday, increasing with service, plus statutory holidays and a fixed Christmas shutdown.
• Company pension scheme.
• Free on-site parking.
• Online holiday booking system.

Apply now to take the next step in your Maintenance Engineer career with a business that continues to invest in its people, equipment and future growth.