Job Description
Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)\n 📍 Based in Derby with occasional travel to a nearby site (once a week, one day only, door-to-door pay, no overnight stays)\n 🕒 Monday to Friday | 07:30 to 16:00 \n 💷 Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 depending on experience\n 🚐 Company van + fuel card (business use only)\n 🏖️ 25 days holiday + bank holidays\n💰 Pension options: 3%/6%, 4%/8%, or 5%/10% (employee/employer contribution)\n\nJoin Us as a Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)\n\nWe're looking for a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our team in Derby. This is a hands-on role ideal for someone with strong mechanical expertise, particularly with pumps and valves. A basic understanding of electrical systems is an advantage, but solid mechanical experience is essential.\n\nYou'll also travel once a week to a nearby site (no overnight stays), with all travel paid door to door.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nCarry out planned and reactive maintenance with the production team and contractors.\n\nMaintain, repair and replace mechanical components, with a focus on pumps and valves.\n\nComplete daily, weekly and monthly equipment inspections and log them using the maintenance system.\n\nIdentify and report any safety or production-related issues.\n\nHelp manage spare parts stock and ensure statutory inspections are kept up to date.\n\nProvide maintenance data and reports to support capital expenditure planning.\n\nAssist with upgrades and improvements alongside the wider engineering team.\n\nFollow site safety and quality procedures, and participate in safety walkarounds.\n\nSupervise and manage contractors on-site as needed.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n\nProven mechanical maintenance experience, especially with pumps and valves.\n\nBasic electrical skills are a plus.\n\nStrong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, "can-do" approach.\n\nFull UK driving licence (clean - licence checks required).\n\nComfortable using maintenance planning systems and following safety procedures.\n\nInterested?\n Apply now and be part of a team that values reliability, teamwork and high engineering standards.\n\nRandstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality.
No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.\n\nCandidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.\n\nFor the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business