Maintenance Engineer (289jc)
| Posting date: | 28 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,000 to £46,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46k + O/T + Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 December 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, Leicestershire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 289jc |
Summary
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.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EX MILITARY.
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
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.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EX MILITARY.
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