If you get a strange sense of satisfaction from fixing things that absolutely shouldn’t have broken in the first place… you’ll fit in here instantly.”
There’s a site — a big, loud, occasionally warm one — where mechanical equipment doesn’t just run; it sulks, shudders, overheats, and occasionally tries to set new personal-best breakdown times.
And that’s why they need you.
We’re not naming the business. Not because it’s a secret. But because putting the name here usually attracts applicants who shouldn’t be trusted with a spanner, let alone an entire production line.
If you’re genuinely good, we’ll tell you who they are later. Promise.
The Role
You’ll be the in-house fabricator/engineer who stops the site haemorrhaging money to contractors. Welding, machining, modifying, repairing — all the fun stuff that keeps equipment alive long enough for Production to break it again.
You’ll create CAD drawings that future engineers may or may not read, machine parts that’ll go into stock (until someone “borrows” them), and jump on breakdowns before they become capital projects.
What You’ll Actually Do
Keep mechanical equipment running without making it your entire personality.
Repair, maintain, fabricate and weld like someone who knows the difference between “temporary fix” and “career-ending decision.”
Carry out inspections and proactively spot the things that want to break before they do.
Support the breakdown and PM teams — yes, both.
Work with Production, Quality, Procurement and a small army of people who’ll all think their problem is the priority.
Follow safety and hygiene rules because the alternative is paperwork, and nobody wants that.
You’ll Be Good At This If You Have:
Strong mechanical background — ideally time-served.
Confident TIG/MIG/ARC welding.
Fabrication and machining skills (lathe/mill).
CAD competence.
Experience in automated production environments.
Enough common sense not to weld near anything flammable.
What You’ll Face Daily
Noise. Heat. Deadlines. A workshop full of tools that aren’t where they were left.
Equipment that fails exclusively at the most inconvenient possible moment.
People asking, “Can you just take a quick look?”
(There is never anything quick about it.)
Why You Might Actually Enjoy This
Because you’ll get to build, fix and improve things properly — without waiting three weeks for an outside contractor to turn up and do a worse job than you would’ve done yourself.
If you can weld, fabricate, think on your feet and stay calm when everything else isn’t…
Then the site needs you more than it will ever openly admit