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Maintenance Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Ltd
Blackwood · posted 21 August 2026
Salary
£46,200 a year
Location
Blackwood, Wales
Category
Engineering

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a global manufacturing organisation with the recruitment of a Maintenance Engineer for their Crumlin site working a 3-shift Pattern .

This is a rare opportunity which was previously recruited for 5 years ago, they are looking for an experienced multi-skilled engineer to join, playing a key role in maintaining plant reliability, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring safe and efficient operations across the site.

This is what you'll be doing

As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll provide a full engineering service to production operations and site facilities, carrying out reactive, preventative and predictive maintenance activities across both electrical and mechanical systems. Working predominantly on a lone-working basis during your shift, you will be responsible for:

  • Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across manufacturing and site equipment
  • Responding to breakdowns and carrying out fault finding on electrical and mechanical systems
  • Diagnosing faults quickly and effectively to minimise downtime and maintain production performance
  • Supporting the installation of new equipment and modifications to existing machinery
  • Assisting with maintenance planning activities and updating maintenance schedules through SAP CMMS
  • Driving improvements in plant efficiency, reliability and productivity
  • Ensuring all work is completed in accordance with company Health, Safety and Environmental standards
  • Communicating effectively with production and engineering teams regarding maintenance issues and plant performance
  • Maintaining accurate maintenance records and documentation
  • Working independently whilst also contributing to wider engineering improvement projects

The experience you'll bring to the team

We're looking for an electrically biased engineer with strong fault-finding capabilities and experience within a manufacturing environment.

  • Completed an Electrical or Mechatronic Apprenticeship
  • HNC/HND qualification in Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 5 years' engineering maintenance experience within manufacturing
  • Strong electrical fault finding skills with good mechanical understanding
  • Experience carrying out reactive, preventative and predictive maintenance
  • Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of maintenance activities whilst lone working
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering and production functions
  • Experience using CMMS systems, ideally SAP
  • 18th Edition qualification would be advantageous
  • High Voltage Switching certification would be advantageous but is not essential

And this is what you'll get in return

  • Salary of £46,200
  • Monday to Friday 3-shift pattern
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities

Are you up to the challenge?

If you're an experienced Maintenance Engineer looking for a challenging role within a well-established manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

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