Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Job description

Do you love highland scenery and outdoor adventure; alongside working in a heavy engineering environment making things safer, smarter and more reliable? We're on the hunt for a Maintenance Department Engineer (Mechanical bias) in delivering planned and reactive maintenance while helping build a strong, reliability‑focused culture on site.

This is an office‑based role (Monday to Thursday 07:30–16:00 & Friday 07:30 to 12:30) with real on‑the‑ground impact. You’ll work closely with operations and maintenance teams, leading weekly maintenance plans, coaching engineers and apprentices, and driving improvements across the site.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and delivering weekly maintenance schedules using CMMS
• Managing trades, apprentices and external contractors
• Championing health, safety and environmental standards
• Supporting fault finding, reliability projects and new equipment installs
• Coaching and developing a skilled, safety‑first engineering team

What we’re looking for:

• Strong mechanical maintenance experience in a heavy engineering or process environment
• Solid knowledge of H&S legislation and safe systems of work
• HNC (or above) in Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Confidence leading people and influencing a reliability‑driven mindset
• COMAH experience is a bonus

Why you’ll love it here:

You’ll be joining a site that’s proud of its history and focused on a sustainable future. Oh—and the location? Think mountains, lochs, and space to breathe after work. Not a bad backdrop for your next career move. If this is a job that you can do and you’re curious to learn more, then we’d love to hear from you!

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Fort William

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

16-04-2026

Profession type

Manufacturing / Industrial

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English