Facilities Maintenance Engineer | Aerospace & Defence

Consett | Day Shift | Permanent Opportunity

Are you an experienced Maintenance Engineer looking for a hands-on role where your skills can have a real impact?

We’re looking for a proactive, multi-skilled Facilities Maintenance Engineer to join our engineering and facilities team at our Consett site, supporting operations within the aerospace and defence sector.

This is a varied role where you’ll take ownership of site facilities, plant and critical services, keeping everything safe, reliable, compliant and operational.

What you'll be doing

• Carrying out planned preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Fault-finding across electrical, mechanical and building-services systems.
• Maintaining site infrastructure including power, lighting, HVAC, water and drainage.
• Supporting critical site services and responding to breakdowns.
• Working with contractors and specialist service providers.
• Supporting statutory inspections, compliance and permit-to-work activities.
• Assisting with new installations, modifications and commissioning.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reliability, energy efficiency and maintenance processes.

What we're looking for

You'll ideally have:

• Previous experience in facilities, industrial, manufacturing or engineering maintenance.
• Strong electrical and/or mechanical maintenance experience.
• Excellent fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with PPM and reactive maintenance.
• The ability to read technical drawings, schematics and manuals.
• A strong understanding of health and safety in an engineering environment.
• A practical, hands-on approach and the ability to work independently.

Experience with HVAC, BMS, electrical distribution, compressed air, pumps, fire systems, generators/UPS, CMMS or contractor management would be advantageous.

IOSH / NEBOSH qualifications would also be beneficial.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to work in a specialist aerospace and defence environment where facilities reliability and engineering standards really matter.

You'll have a varied, hands-on role, the opportunity to solve genuine engineering problems and the scope to make improvements that directly contribute to site safety, reliability and operational performance.

Working hours

Monday–Thursday: 8:00am–5:00pm

Friday: 8:00am–1:00pm

Location: Consett

If you're an experienced Maintenance Engineer ready for your next challenge, we'd like to hear from you.

Apply now or get in touch to find out more.

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