Mechanical Technician

achievable earnings £50k+ with frequent midweek & weekend overtime, opportunities for international travel, 10% combined pension, 33 holidays, life assurance, long term incentive plans, excellent working conditions & environment

the above are just a few things that mechanical technicians enjoy whilst working with this highly impressive engineering organization based in wakefield, west yorkshire.

with a workforce of over 500 employees across several state-of-the-art facilities in europe and north america, this dynamic engineering group delivers comprehensive, end-to-end solutions from concept design and manufacturing to installation, commissioning, and aftercare. Serving a diverse client base across sectors such as online retail & distribution, fmcg, life sciences, and automotive, the company is renowned for producing highly complex, cutting-edge machines that allow their clients to significantly increase efficiency and output within a vast range of functions & processes.

this employer is based in wakefield
, just a few minutes from the m1, meaning the successful mechanical technician can easily commute from surrounding towns and cities, such as leeds, huddersfield, castleford, wakefield, barnsley, sheffield, rotherham, halifax and dewsbury.

• working as part of a skilled engineering team, tasked with the accurate building of bespoke automated machinery
• reading, interpreting and working directly from engineering drawings to ensure that machines are built in-line with specifications
• building, assembling & installing a vast range of technologies onto bespoke automated machinery, including sub-assemblies, valves, hydraulics, pneumatics, robotics, conveyors, grabbers and many more
• occasionally travelling to customer facilities to install, commission, service and/or repair machinery – nationally and internationally (business class flights on long-haul journeys). Customers are based on most continents all across the world (mexico, dubai & vietnam are real examples)

37.5 hours per week, spread across a regular day shift:

• monday to thursday – 08:00 to 16:30
• friday – 08:00 to 15:15
• overtime is frequently available midweek (2 hours per day) and saturdays & sundays (6 hours per day)

• starting salary: £33,735.00 (£17.30 per hour) – rising with continued service and skill development
• achievable earnings: £47,229.00 – easily achievable with 2 hours of overtime monday to friday (£50k+ easily achievable with weekend overtime and enhanced rates & hours when working at customer facilities)
• holiday allowance: 33 days (25 days + public holidays)
• long term incentive plans
• scottish widows pension scheme: up to 10% combined contributions
• private health plan (westfield)