Yolk Recruitment Ltd
Maintenance Engineer
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Role: Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Location: Chard
Salary: Up to £44,000 + Benefits
Shift: Double Days (Early Friday Finish every week)
Are you a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer looking for a secure long-term opportunity with a well-established manufacturer in the Chard area?
Yolk Recruitment is supporting a well-known and highly respected manufacturing business with the recruitment of an Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to join their established engineering team.
This is a great opportunity to join a stable business with a strong reputation locally, modern manufacturing processes, and a genuine focus on employee retention and work-life balance. The role offers a double days pattern with an early Friday finish every week, alongside overtime opportunities and a strong benefits package.
This is what you'll be doing
As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll be part of an experienced engineering team responsible for keeping production equipment and facilities running efficiently through both planned and reactive maintenance activities. You'll be working across a varied manufacturing environment, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring machinery downtime is kept to a minimum.
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Key responsibilities:
- Fault finding on electrical and mechanical production equipment
- Working on three-phase systems, motors, drives, relays, sensors, contactors, and control panels
- Supporting reactive breakdowns and planned preventative maintenance schedules
- Carrying out mechanical maintenance including bearings, chains, gearboxes, belts, and conveyors
- Assisting with continuous improvement and project work across the site
- Ensuring all engineering activities are completed safely and in line with site standards
- Supporting production teams to maximise machine uptime and reliability
The experience you'll bring to the team
- Previous experience within a manufacturing or production maintenance environment
- Electrically biased preferred
- Comfortable working on both electrical and mechanical systems
- Experience with inverters/VSDs, panels, motors, and production machinery
- Engineering qualifications such as NVQ, City & Guilds, apprenticeship, or equivalent would be beneficial
- A proactive and team-focused attitude
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And this is what you'll get in return
- Starting salary up to £44,000
- Double days shift pattern
- Early Friday finish every week
- Overtime available paid at enhanced rates
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension matched up to 5%
- Health plan
- Employee discount platform
- Stable and well-invested manufacturing environment
- Long-term development opportunities within the business
Shift Pattern
- Mon-Thu: 06:00-14:00 / 14:00-22:00
- Fri: 06:00-12:00 / 12:00-18:00
If you feel you have the skills, experience, and attitude required for this opportunity, then please apply today with your CV.
Yolk Recruitment is acting as an employment agency on behalf of this vacancy.
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