Maintenance engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Department: Operations and Maintenance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Cwt y Bugail Quarry, North Wales


Description

🔧 Maintenance Engineer

📍 Cwt y Bugail, North Wales
🏗️ Welsh Slate | A Breedon Group Company

Looking for the next step in your career? Or maybe you’re ready for a new challenge where no two days are the same?

If you love being out and about, managing your own workload, getting stuck in, and still enjoying the support and stability of a UK-wide business, then this could be the role for you.

At Welsh Slate, we offer something a little different. Our quarry teams take huge pride in what they do and in the high-quality slate products we produce. As we continue to grow our product range and expand our footprint, we’re looking for people who want to grow with us — and be part of that journey.


🔧 The Role

We’re looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join our friendly maintenance team at Cwt y Bugail Quarry.

In this hands‑on role, you’ll:

* Work across site supporting preventative maintenance activities
* Carry out reactive maintenance to keep production running smoothly
* Support maintenance projects alongside the Maintenance Manager
* Build strong working relationships with site teams
* Get involved in welding and fabrication work (experience here is a big plus!)

You’ll thrive in this role if you’ve got a good sense of humour, don’t mind getting your hands dirty, enjoy problem‑solving, and take pride in a job well done.

🕒 Working pattern: Day shifts with Occasional Saturday overtime


🧠 Skills, Knowledge & Experience

* Experience in a maintenance or mechanical engineering role
* Welding and fabrication experience
* Full UK driving licence


🎁 What’s in It for You?

At Breedon, we believe in rewarding our people for the vital work they do. You’ll benefit from a strong and competitive package, including:

* A tailored, competitive salary, with paid overtime opportunities
* Company pension scheme
* 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
* Holiday Purchase Scheme for added flexibility
* Life Assurance Scheme
* 1 paid volunteering day per year to support a charity of your choice
* Make a Material Difference Awards, recognising great work
* Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 health and wellbeing support
* Enhanced parental leave policy
* Option to join our ShareSave scheme
* Access to an employee benefits platform with discounts at high‑street shops and popular brands
* Broad learning opportunities, training, and clear career progression pathways

🌍 A Company You Can Be Proud Of

As part of Breedon, you’ll join a business with a strong Health, Safety and Environmental focus. We go above and beyond to protect our people, our communities, and the environment — always striving to do the right thing and keep everyone safe and well.

🔩 Ready to get stuck in and build a long‑term career with Welsh Slate?
Apply now and become part of a team that’s proud of what it produces — and how it produces it.

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