Maintenance Engineer
- Wolviston Management Services
- Sowerby, Yorkshire
- Feb 09, 2026
Full time
Manufacturing
Job Description
Maintenance Engineer
Wolviston Management Services are delighted to be supporting a well-established and forward-thinking manufacturing organisation in the appointment of a Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team at their facility.
This is a day-shift opportunity, ideal for a proactive Maintenance Engineer who enjoys working in a fast-paced production environment and takes pride in delivering high standards of plant reliability, safety and continuous improvement.
The Role
Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager, you will play a key role in providing engineering support to the production function, ensuring equipment performance, minimising downtime and supporting planned maintenance activities.
You will be responsible for delivering planned, preventative and reactive maintenance, while contributing to fault finding, root cause analysis and ongoing process improvements across site.
Key Responsibilities
You will be a time-served Maintenance Engineer with a practical, hands-on approach and a strong commitment to safety and reliability.
Essential:
Wolviston Management Services are delighted to be supporting a well-established and forward-thinking manufacturing organisation in the appointment of a Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team at their facility.
This is a day-shift opportunity, ideal for a proactive Maintenance Engineer who enjoys working in a fast-paced production environment and takes pride in delivering high standards of plant reliability, safety and continuous improvement.
The Role
Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager, you will play a key role in providing engineering support to the production function, ensuring equipment performance, minimising downtime and supporting planned maintenance activities.
You will be responsible for delivering planned, preventative and reactive maintenance, while contributing to fault finding, root cause analysis and ongoing process improvements across site.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out planned, preventative and corrective maintenance activities in line with site maintenance systems
- Investigate equipment failures, complete root cause analysis and implement effective corrective actions
- Support production and quality teams with technical and process-related issues
- Accurately complete all maintenance documentation and shift records
- Provide detailed breakdown reporting to support the planned maintenance programme
- Ensure all work is carried out in full compliance with health, safety and site standards
- Contribute positively to continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and production
You will be a time-served Maintenance Engineer with a practical, hands-on approach and a strong commitment to safety and reliability.
Essential:
- Time-served qualification with a minimum of 2 years' experience in a maintenance engineering role
- Good working knowledge of pneumatic and electrical control systems
- Experience working with product transfer systems including elevators, drag-chain and auger feed systems
- Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability
- Well-organised with effective time management skills
- Able to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team
- Flexible, adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Previous experience within a production or manufacturing environment
- Mechanical bias
- 40-hour working week - Thursday to Sunday or Friday to Monday (4 x 10-hour shifts)
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Training and development opportunities
- Corporate Health Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme
- Medicash
- Refer-a-Friend scheme
About Wolviston Management Services