Maintenance Engineer

  • Permanent
  • Knottingley, West Yorkshire
  • Posted: 13th February 2026
  • Salary: Up to £55000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
  • Duration:
  • Reference: BBBH16487A
  • Industry:
  • Location: Knottingley, West Yorkshire
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Skills: Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer.

The Maintenance Engineer vacancy is working with a market leading manufacturing firm based in the Knottingley area. You will be joining a well established engineering team working both reactively responding to break downs and on PPMs. The position offers excellent opportunities for both training and career development.

What’s in it for your as a Maintenance Engineer:

  • Monday – Friday 40-48 hours per week – based on a rotational 3 shift pattern of 8-hour days, afternoons and nights.
  • Salary – up to £55,000 per annum for 48 hours.
  • Overtime at x1.5
  • Service Bonus
  • KPI Bonus
  • Excellent pension company contribution, plus employee benefits package
  • Training and career development opportunities
  • 30 days holiday (Increasing by 1 each year up to finishing at 36 days holiday) Inclusive of Bank Holidays

Main Duties & Responsibilities of Maintenance Engineer include:

  • Providing plant-wide maintenance service, departmental support and repairs ensuring that all production targets are maintained – maintaining factory manufacturing machinery
  • Monitor & supply Engineering support of machine set-up & changeovers to ensure that the product conforms to any quality assurance standards and ensuring changeovers are as efficient as possible.

Experience and Qualifications Required for Maintenance Engineer:

  • Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship & Qualification or equivalent, e.g. NVQ, City and Guilds, ONC, BTEC or above – Mechanical or Electrical
  • High degree of Health & Safety awareness
  • Ability to fault find, repair and provide solutions to problems
  • Maintenance Engineer experience or qualifications of a Maintenance Engineer.

This position would suit a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer.

 
 

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