Position: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Salary: £55K-58K, inclusive of shift allowance

Shift Pattern:

• Monday to Thursday: 6:00am – 2:00pm, Friday: 5:00am – 1:00pm
• Monday to Thursday: 2:00pm – 10:00pm, Friday: 1:00pm – 9:00pm
• Sunday to Thursday: 10:00pm – 6:00am (night shift)

Nicholas Associates have an excellent opportunity for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, to join an established client in the Rotherham area.

Key responsibilities include:

• Perform planned preventative maintenance (PPM), fault diagnosis, and reactive breakdown repairs on a wide range of mechanical plant and equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair complex mechanical systems, including hydraulics, pneumatics, rotating equipment, and associated mechanical drive systems.
• Ensure maximum equipment uptime across critical manufacturing systems, including: Investment casting machinery and ceramic mould making systems; Heat treatment furnaces; Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) furnaces; Induction Skull Melting (ISM) furnaces; Air Melt Induction Furnaces.
• Support the installation, commissioning, alignment, and modification of new and existing mechanical equipment.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventative mechanical engineering actions.
• Collaborate closely with production, engineering, and quality teams to support operational targets.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date maintenance records within the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Ensure strict compliance with health and safety legislation and site-specific EHS standards.
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including reliability improvements, downtime reduction, energy efficiency, and equipment upgrades.
• Carry out installation, site improvement, and upgrade work across the site.
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical systems including pumps, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, pipework, and associated mechanical assemblies.

Your experience:

• Time-served Mechanical Technician or equivalent experience.
• Mechanical maintenance experience gained within a mid – heavy manufacturing, engineering, or similar industrial environment.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience maintaining a range of industrial plant and equipment.

Your qualifications:

• HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Maintenance.
• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Engineering Maintenance, or Mechanical Fitting.
• City and Guilds in Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Engineering Maintenance, or Mechanical Fitting.