Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer

Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer
Location: Sheffield
Salary: £48,000 + overtime + bonus + benefits
Hours: Full-time

If you’re the sort of engineer who is happiest with a machine stripped down in front of you, working out exactly what has failed and how to put it right, this one is worth a look.

We’re recruiting for an experienced Machine Tool Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established heavy engineering and manufacturing site in Sheffield.

This is a predominantly mechanical-biased maintenance role, although you will need enough electrical knowledge to fault-find and support breakdowns across a range of heavy machine tools and CNC equipment.

You’ll be working on large, traditional engineering machinery, including older vertical boring and CNC machine tools, so we’re looking for somebody who is comfortable getting properly hands-on.

What you’ll be doing
You’ll be responsible for planned and reactive maintenance across heavy machine tools and associated equipment, including:

Mechanical breakdown diagnosis and repair
Stripping down and rebuilding machinery
Bearings, gearboxes, shafts, spindles and drive systems
Hydraulics and lubrication systems
Mechanical alignment and machine rebuild work
Fault finding on motors, sensors, switches and basic electrical systems
Preventative maintenance and planned servicing
Supporting improvements and upgrades to existing machinery
Working on both traditional and CNC-controlled machine tools
Ensuring equipment is returned to production safely and efficiently
What we’re looking for
This role would suit somebody from a machine tool, heavy engineering, machining or industrial maintenance background.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

Strong mechanical maintenance experience
Experience repairing and rebuilding heavy machinery
Knowledge of CNC or traditional machine tools
Experience with vertical borers, lathes, machining centres or similar equipment
Hydraulics, bearings, gearboxes and mechanical drive knowledge
Some electrical fault-finding capability
The confidence to strip machinery down, identify the problem and rebuild it correctly
A recognised engineering apprenticeship or relevant engineering qualification
Experience with Webster & Bennett machinery would be particularly interesting, although it isn’t essential if you have strong experience maintaining comparable heavy machine tools.

You do not need to be a CNC programmer. This is very much about maintaining, repairing and keeping the machinery running.

What’s on offer
£48,000 basic salary
Plenty of overtime available
Additional bonus
Benefits package
Long-term, stable engineering environment
Opportunity to work on substantial heavy engineering equipment rather than repetitive production-line maintenance
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