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🛠 Maintenance Engineer – Crewkerne

Salary: Dependent on experience Location: Crewkerne, Somerset Job Type: Full-time

🔧 Job Summary

A well-established manufacturing company is seeking a skilled and proactive Maintenance Engineer to join its team. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring factory equipment and machinery are efficiently maintained, reducing breakdowns and ensuring safe, smooth production processes.

🛠 Key Responsibilities

• Perform both reactive and planned maintenance across a range of industrial machinery.

• Check, calibrate, and repair instruments to ensure accuracy.

• Fit new parts and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical faults.

• Carry out preventative maintenance using technical documentation and schematics.

• Operate and service equipment including motors, pneumatics, hydraulics, and conveyor systems.

• Manage lighting, wiring, alarms, and other electrical systems.

• Oversee machine shop repairs and maintain spare part inventories.

• Respond rapidly to breakdowns and resolve issues efficiently.

• Keep production staff informed of maintenance progress.

• Maintain a safe and clean working environment.

🔍 Experience & Background

• Experience in a maintenance engineering role.

• Fault-finding skills within an industrial setting.

• Preferably dual-skilled (electrical/mechanical).

• Experience in Manufacturing, Plastics, Aerospace, Automotive, or Precision Engineering.

• Previous work in foundry environments is beneficial but not essential.

📚 Qualifications

• GCSE Grade C or above in Maths & English (or equivalent).

• Relevant electrical qualification (e.g. City & Guilds, 18th Edition, NVQ Level 3+).

• HNC/HND in Engineering (desirable).

💡 Skills & Attributes

• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to anticipate risks.

• Positive attitude and solution-focused mindset.

• Able to work well under pressure and within a team.

• Enthusiastic and driven, with excellent time management.

How to Apply:

Please call 01823212043 or email Elliot.Grant@irweb.co.uk and ask to speak to Elliot for more information about this role.

 Allocation Number : INDEXE

Contact information

Elliot Grant