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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer (Heavy Engineering)
🔥 Tired of production-line firefighting and want a role where your mechanical skills are actually valued?
About the Role
Based in Wakefield, this is a permanent, day-based position with no shift work.
• Salary: £40,000 – £42,000 per year • Hours:
- Monday to Thursday: 07:00 – 16:00
- Friday: 07:00 – 13:00 (early finish)
This is not a typical maintenance role. You’ll work in a true engineering environment, maintaining and repairing heavy workshop machinery rather than repetitive automated production lines.
Key Opportunities
If you enjoy: • Getting hands-on with mechanical systems • Solving complex problems • Working with varied, high-quality equipment
...then this role offers variety, responsibility, and growth—without the usual shop-floor monotony.
Responsibilities
- Maintaining and repairing heavy mechanical equipment
- Working with machinery including lathes, milling machines, and presses
- Diagnosing faults in gearbox systems, bearings, shafts, and drives
- Supporting hydraulics and pneumatics maintenance
- Conducting planned preventive maintenance (PPMs) and addressing reactive breakdowns
- Carrying out basic electrical fault-finding where required
- Supporting continuous improvement projects across the workshop
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Requirements
✅ Essential:
- A background in mechanical maintenance
- Experience in heavy engineering or workshop environments (apprentice or time-served)
- Confidence in fault-finding mechanical systems
- Proficiency with machinery such as lathes, presses, or milling machines
- A proactive, hands-on approach
Why This Role Stands Out
✔ No shifts – Enjoy a structured work-life balance ✔ Early Friday finish – Start weekends early ✔ True mechanical work – No line-swapping, just real engineering problem-solving ✔ Variety – No day feels the same; a mix of planned and unplanned tasks ✔ Stability – Long-term opportunity with a successful business
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🌟 Ideal for: Reliable team players who thrive with varied, hands-on challenge
About You
We’re looking for an engineer who:
- Enjoys getting involved with machinery rather than process-oriented tasks
- Works well both as part of a team and independently
- Is detail-oriented with a strong problem-solving mindset
(Please Note: Time-served or properly trained apprentices preferred.)
📩 Apply Now! 10 Recruitment are supporting this vacancy with immediate shortlisting—apply today to avoid missing out.
📞 Contact: 0333 038 32 10 🌐 Website: www.10rec.co.uk
📍 Location: Wakefield | Permanent Role | £40,000–£42,000 | Posted: 27/04/2026
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