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 projects
* Record work completed and help build simple maintenance routines
* Maintain environmental, safety and quality standards
The work is varied and gives good exposure to a range of modern machinery, with support from experienced engineers as you learn the site.
What they're looking for:
* Time-served mechanical apprenticeship or similar qualification
* Confident with strip-downs, rebuilds and fitting work
* Able to read and understand mechanical drawings
* Experience working on rotating equipment, drives or machine tools
* Basic electrical awareness is useful, but this is a clear mechanical role
* Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment
What you'll get in return
* Competitive salary package
* Paid standby allowance of £300 per week when on-call (around 1 in 8‑9 weeks)
* Monday‑Friday pattern with no night shifts
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays
* Subsidised canteen
* Free on‑site parking
* Employee rewards platform
* Training and support from experienced engineers
You’ll be joining a stable business with long‑term investment in people, machinery and engineering.
Interested?
If you’d like to find out more, get in touch with specialist engineering recruiter Liam Reid.
Apply with your CV. A cover letter is welcome but not essential.
We also run a referral scheme, so if you know someone who may be interested, feel free to share their details.
Please note: due to high application volumes, we may not be able to reply to everyone. If you don’t hear back within 7 days, please assume your application hasn’t been successful on this occasion.
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