Maintenance Engineer (289jc)

  • Job Reference: 289jc
  • Date Posted: 1 December 2025
  • Recruiter: Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd
  • Website: https://www.ex-mil.co.uk/
  • Location: Leicester, Leicestershire
  • Salary: £44,000 to £46,000
  • Bonus/Benefits: £46k + O/T + Benefits
  • Sector: Engineering
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Work Hours: Full Time

Job Description

Maintenance Engineer (289jc) - Leicester - £46k + O/T + Benefits

This role is ideal for ex-military engineers and technicians who have experience maintaining, fault-finding, and repairing machinery and equipment in operational environments. You will join a team of highly skilled engineers, responsible for ensuring equipment is safe, reliable, and operationally ready.

Key Responsibilities

·         Carry out scheduled maintenance, servicing, and inspections to the highest standard

·         Respond to reactive maintenance requests quickly and efficiently

·         Diagnose and rectify mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical faults

·         Undertake welding and fabrication as required

·         Attend internal and external training to maintain and expand technical skills

·         Complete maintenance documentation and reports accurately and on time

·         Work safely and in line with Health & Safety standards

Qualifications & Experience

·         Relevant engineering experience in a workshop or operational engineering environment

·         Full driving licence

·         Previous experience working on bailing press machines is desirable but not essential

Essential Skills & Behaviours

·         Excellent knowledge of mechanical machinery

·         Ability to diagnose and fix faults efficiently

·         Basic hydraulic knowledge

·         Good understanding of electrics

·         Strong Health & Safety awareness

·         Positive “can-do” attitude and ability to work independently

·         Ability to work flexibly to meet operational needs

Personal Profile

·         Methodical, disciplined, and reliable

·         Comfortable in a fast-paced operational environment

·         Conscientious with attention to detail

·         Flexible and adaptable to changing schedules or equipment needs

·         Committed to continuous professional development

In this role you will be working an alternating shift pattern, week 1 being 0700hrs to 1600hrs Mon to Fri and week 2 being 0900hrs to 1800hrs Mon to Fri and Sat 0700hr to 1100hrs and your standard working week will be 42 hrs per week, with overtime at Time and a half and Sundays and bank holidays at Double time. Please note that the 4 hrs on Saturday will attract the Time and a half salary rate.

On top of the salary you will get 28 days leave a year which includes Bank Holidays as well as Perkbox which is the company’s shop and save voucher scheme, an extra day’s annual leave for your birthday after a years’ service and long service awards. And finally, there is also enhanced maternity and paternity and for the manager its two weeks company sick pay

For more information, please contact Jean-Claude Hedouin at Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd on 0333 202 6500, or jc@ex-mil.co.uk or via the website www.ex-mil.co.uk

https://www.ex-mil.co.uk/vacancies/8212/maintenance-engineer