Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Manager – Huddersfield (Day Shifts) 🔧🏭
📍 Location: Huddersfield, HD7
💷 Salary: £43,000 – £50,000 (DOE)
⏰ Hours: Monday–Friday, Day Shifts
🔧 Role Type: Permanent | Full-Time | Hands-On (Mechanical Bias 65% / Electrical 35%)
A hands-on role keeping a busy heat-treatment and engineering site running smoothly.
This is a great opportunity for a time-served engineer to take ownership of all maintenance activities while developing into a leadership role. You’ll be responsible for PPM, breakdowns, site services, compliance, and contractor management, ensuring safe and reliable operation across all machinery, furnaces, and plant equipment.
Perfect for someone who enjoys autonomy, variety, and being the go-to person for engineering support, with the opportunity to apply and further develop basic electrical skills alongside external specialists.
🔧 What You’ll Be Doing
Planned Maintenance & Breakdown Response
Deliver the full PPM schedule across the site
Accurately log and close out maintenance tasks
React quickly and safely to breakdowns
Plan major repairs and shutdowns with minimal disruption
Compliance, Safety & Site Standards
Ensure statutory inspections are completed (LOLER, pressure systems, LEV, electrical, fire safety)
Maintain guarding, interlocks, LOTO, emergency lighting, and alarms
Support safe systems of work including permits, RAMS, hot work, and working at height
Report and act on any safety concerns or machinery risks
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Focus
Mechanical fault-finding, strip-downs, and rebuilds across furnaces, pumps, motors, conveyors, and ancillary plant
Bearings, belts, shafts, valves, pneumatics, hydraulics
Fabrication and fitting when required
Apply basic electrical skills for fault finding and support
Work alongside external electrical specialists to develop further electrical capability
Support machine and process improvements to increase reliability
Site Services & Facilities
Maintain compressed air, HVAC, lighting, extraction, and general building fabric
Highlight areas needing repair or capital investment
Keep the site tidy, safe, and audit-ready
Contractor & Supplier Management
Source and supervise contractors for specialist work
Review RAMS, issue permits, and ensure safe working practices
Manage costs for parts, spares, and external services
Cost & Energy Awareness
Monitor and control maintenance spend
Identify energy and resource waste and suggest improvements
⭐ What Good Looks Like
Minimal downtime of furnaces and plant equipment
PPM completed on time
Quick closure on statutory actions
Safe, compliant operations
Tidy, well-maintained site
Efficient use of parts and contractor resources
💡 Essential Experience
Strong mechanical maintenance background in industrial/engineering/heat-treatment environments
Mechanical fault-finding and repair skills across plant equipment
Experience delivering PPM and reactive maintenance
Basic electrical skills
Understanding of safe systems of work, permits, and RAMS
Ability to interpret mechanical drawings
Hands-on, proactive approach
✨ Desirable Extras
Experience with furnaces, ovens, or heat-treatment plant
LEV/LOLER/pressure systems awareness
CI/Lean experience
IOSH or similar H&S qualification