Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Plymouth
Shift: Days
Salary: Up to circa £45,000
Are you a time-served Mechanical Fitter from a manufacturing or engineering environment? If you enjoy working on a wide range of machinery, fault finding, and helping keep production running smoothly, this role offers variety, modern kit and a supportive team.
Yolk Recruitment are working with a well-established manufacturer that has continued to invest in their Plymouth facility. The site runs a range of modern machinery and supporting equipment, with a strong focus on engineering standards, safety and continuous improvement.
You'll be joining a friendly team where hands-on mechanical skills are valued, and you'll have the chance to build your knowledge across a wide range of equipment.
What you'll be doing
You'll support day-to-day engineering activity, focusing on planned maintenance, strip-downs, repairs and small upgrade work across key production equipment.
Day-to-day, you will:
Carry out planned mechanical maintenance on production equipment and site services
Strip, inspect and replace bearings, seals, sprockets, gearboxes and drives
Read and work from mechanical drawings and manuals
Support machine moves, installs and upgrades
Assist with root cause analysis and improvement pro...