Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

We are recruiting an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join a leading UK heavy-engineering operation. Working within a large-scale steel processing facility, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and repairing critical production machinery — from slitting and decoiling lines to pickling, coil recovery, and other high-value heavy plant equipment.
This is a hands-on role in a demanding industrial environment where no two days are the same, and your skills will directly impact productivity and plant uptime.
Key Responsibilities
* Maintain and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems across multiple heavy-engineering lines
* Carry out welding, fabrication, and oxygen/acetylene cutting to high safety standards
* Undertake bench fitting, mechanical assembly, and operate forklifts, cherry pickers, and overhead cranes
* Provide rapid breakdown response and planned preventive maintenance support
* Conduct basic electrical fault-finding (where qualified)...