Maintenance Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026.
Based in Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3HF - The home of Mr Kipling
Salary - £54,978.72 per annum (including 12.5% Shift Premium)
Permanent, Full time 39 hours per week
Rotation of 06:00 - 14:00 Monday to Thursday / 06:00 - 13:00 Friday
14:00 - 22:00 Monday to Thursday / 13:00 - 20:00 Friday
A full time, permanent opportunity has arisen at our Barnsley site for a Maintenance Engineer to join the team. You will be a fully engaged team member, with flexibility to efficiently problem solve, report, maintain and improve a variety of manufacturing equipment across site.
The successful candidate will:
- Ensure that plant and equipment systems perform to manufacture product efficiently to high-quality standards;
- To implement maintenance activities, ensuring that the manufacturing team achieve full compliance to the production plan, by minimising engineering downtime;
- To support the engineering and manufacturing functions ensuring maximum utilisation of engineering equipment in order to achieve KPIs and optimal line efficiency within the company safety, quality & environmental policies;
- Critical spare parts identification for assets across site;
- To support manufacturing team through the daily and Short Interval Control (SIC) meeting structure to achieve efficient and effective close out of tasks to improve line availability.
What we need from you:
- Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship, ONC/HNC or equivalent qualification in engineering for example - Level 3 Electrical/electronic engineering or similar;
- Previous experience of automated manufacturing environments;
- Experience of programming, fault finding and repair of Servo or inverter driven systems;
- Practical knowledge of CI tools and techniques;
- A working understanding of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic technical manuals & drawings.
What we offer in return:
- Up to 7.5% pension contribution;
- Life assurance;
- Staff discount shop on site;
- Free onsite parking;
- Access to "The Hamper", with discounts at hundreds of nationwide retailers;
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays;
- Employee Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and Other Health & Wellbeing Benefits;
- Sharesave Scheme;
- Other salary sacrifice benefits.
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