Maintenance Engineer
Posted Today by Meritus
£40 Per hour
Inside
Onsite
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Maintenance Engineer role at a leading defence manufacturer in Stevenage involves supporting day-to-day operations and conducting repairs on process equipment. The position requires a strong understanding of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and the ability to work from technical documentation. This full-time on-site role is offered on a 12-month contract basis and requires the candidate to be a sole UK National for security clearance purposes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide day-to-day support to operations teams.
- Conduct repairs on process equipment and environmental stress screening facilities.
- Use technical documentation (drawings, schematics, manuals) to provide guidance and carry out repairs.
- Apply knowledge of PPM to maintain equipment effectively.
- Perform accurate fault finding and repairs down to component level.
- Support continuous improvement and technical troubleshooting across the team.
- Mentor junior staff when requested by the line manager.
Key Skills:
- Minimum qualification: HNC in a relevant engineering subject.
- Proven experience in fault finding to component level.
- Ability to interpret and use instructions, handbooks, drawings, and specifications.
- Strong understanding and experience of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM).
- Skilled in taking precise measurements down to component level.
- Experience working on manufacturing process equipment (experience with CCA manufacture desirable).
- Familiarity with vibration shakers and environmental chambers (desirable).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience mentoring junior staff.
- Working knowledge of SAP (desirable).
Salary (Rate): £40.00/hr
City: Stevenage
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Engineering
MERITUS are working with one of Europe's leading defence manufacturers for the recruitment of a Maintenance Engineer to join their Stevenage site on a 12 Month contract basis. The role is full time on site paying £40 per hour via umbrella, and requires the incumbent of the position to be a sole UK National as the customer would look to start a security clearance.
Overview of Department: We are seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join the Calibration & Maintenance Team. This role will involve supporting day-to-day operations, conducting repairs on process equipment and environmental stress screening facilities, and working from drawings, circuit diagrams, schematics, and user manuals. A strong understanding of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) is essential. The position offers varied, challenging, and interesting work in a fast-paced environment.
- Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day support to operations teams.
- Conduct repairs on process equipment and environmental stress screening facilities.
- Use technical documentation (drawings, schematics, manuals) to provide guidance and carry out repairs.
- Apply knowledge of PPM to maintain equipment effectively.
- Perform accurate fault finding and repairs down to component level.
- Support continuous improvement and technical troubleshooting across the team.
- Mentor junior staff when requested by the line manager.
- Skills & Experience Required
- Minimum qualification: HNC in a relevant engineering subject.
- Proven experience in fault finding to component level.
- Ability to interpret and use instructions, handbooks, drawings, and specifications.
- Strong understanding and experience of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM).
- Skilled in taking precise measurements down to component level.
- Experience working on manufacturing process equipment (experience with CCA manufacture desirable).
- Familiarity with vibration shakers and environmental chambers (desirable).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience mentoring junior staff.
- Working knowledge of SAP (desirable).