Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Description:

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.

What you'll be doing

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

Day-to-day, you will:

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