_{10th April, 2026}

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer | Permanent | Highlands | £48k - £50k
 
If you're a mechanically-biased maintenance engineer with experience in heavy process environments and you're ready to take on genuine leadership responsibility, this is worth your time.


A well-established industrial manufacturer is looking for a Department Engineer to take ownership of mechanical maintenance across a defined area of a large-scale processing site. You'll lead a team of tradespeople and apprentices, drive the weekly maintenance schedule, and play a central role in building a reliability-centred culture that actually sticks.

This isn't a reactive firefighting role. The expectation is that you'll lead from the front, coaching your team, resolving problems at root cause, and contributing to long-term maintenance planning when new equipment arrives on site.


What you'll be doing:

• Leading the delivery of the weekly maintenance schedule via a CMMS
• Managing tradespeople, apprentices, and external contractors
• Driving reliability improvement projects using lean principles
• Supporting fault diagnosis and equipment failure analysis
• Contributing to maintenance input on new equipment installations
• Working toward Senior Authorised Person status

What you'll need:

• A mechanical maintenance background in heavy or large-scale process industry
• People management, coaching, or mentoring experience
• A solid working knowledge of H&S legislation and safe systems of work
• HNC in an engineering discipline — or strong demonstrable experience with a willingness to commit to further study
• Experience in a COMAH environment is desirable but not essential

The hours are Monday to Friday, 07:30-16:00, with a half-day finish on Fridays.

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