Maintenance Engineer
Location: Pontarddulais, Near Swansea
Salary: Competitive DOE
Hours: Days Monday to Friday
Permanent Position

About the Company

A well-established precision engineering and manufacturing business supporting a range of industrial sectors through high-quality machining and fabrication capabilities.

Operating from a busy manufacturing site near Swansea, the company combines modern CNC equipment with a variety of traditional and legacy machinery, creating a technically interesting and hands-on engineering environment.

Due to continued growth and increased workload, an opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Engineer to join the site maintenance team.

The Role

This is a hands-on maintenance engineering role supporting the upkeep, repair, and reliability of manufacturing equipment across the site.

Working within a close-knit maintenance team, you will support both planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown activities across a wide range of machinery and equipment.

The role would suit an engineer with strong mechanical maintenance experience and practical machining skills, particularly using manual lathes and milling machines.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across site machinery
• Diagnose faults and support breakdown repair activities
• Maintain and repair both CNC and manual manufacturing equipment
• Support maintenance and refurbishment of older / legacy machinery
• Manufacture or modify parts using manual lathes and milling machines
• Read and interpret engineering drawings and technical schematics
• Support continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives
• Assist with general site maintenance activities where required

About You

• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, or similar
• Strong mechanical maintenance background within manufacturing or engineering environments
• Manual machining experience using lathes and milling machines is essential
• Experience working on motors, drives, gears, pumps, and mechanical systems
• Ability to fault find and problem solve in a practical engineering environment
• Comfortable working on both modern and older machinery
• Basic electrical fault-finding knowledge beneficial
• Ability to work independently and as part of a close-knit team

Desirable Experience

• CNC machinery exposure
• Heidenhain controls knowledge
• Welding or fabrication experience
• Planned preventative maintenance systems
• Heavy engineering or precision machining environments

Benefits

• Overtime available paid at enhanced rates
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Stable long-term opportunity within an established engineering business

How to Apply

To apply for this Maintenance Engineer position, click Apply Now and upload your CV.

A member of the recruitment team will contact you to discuss the role and next steps.