Maintenance Engineer Assistant - Manufacturing

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Maintenance Engineer Assistant London Park Royal

Salary: £34,900
Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off - Nights
Location: Acton, West London
Industry: Award-Winning Manufacturer

We are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer Assistant to join an award-winning manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer Assistant with hands-on mechanical experience who is looking to develop their engineering skills within a modern manufacturing environment.

As a Maintenance Engineer Assistant, you will provide practical support to the Maintenance Engineers, helping to reduce their workload and ensuring machinery is prepared for servicing and maintenance efficiently.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting the Maintenance Engineers with day-to-day engineering activities.
  • Taking machinery and mechanical equipment apart ready for servicing and maintenance.
  • Reassembling machinery correctly once servicing or maintenance work has been completed.
  • Preparing equipment for planned maintenance activities.
  • Carrying out basic mechanical maintenance and adjustments.
  • Working safely around industrial machinery and following site procedures.
  • Keeping equipment, tools and work areas clean and organised.

About You

We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer Assistant with:

  • Previous hands-on mechanical experience, ideally within a manufacturing, industrial or engineering environment.
  • Good practical/mechanical aptitude.
  • Experience using basic mechanical tools.
  • Confidence taking machinery apart and putting it back together correctly.
  • The ability to follow instructions and work methodically.
  • A good understanding of health and safety when working around machinery.
  • A willingness to learn and develop engineering skills.
  • The ability to work as part of a team.

Formal engineering qualifications are desirable but not essential if you have good practical mechanical experience.

What's on Offer

  • £34,900 salary
  • 4 on 4 off night shift
  • Opportunity to work for an award-winning manufacturer
  • Excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer Assistant to develop their mechanical and engineering skills.
  • Long-term career development opportunities.

This Maintenance Engineer Assistant role would suit someone who is mechanically minded, enjoys working with machinery and wants to develop a career within industrial maintenance and engineering.

Application Process

If you have the above skills and wish to be considered for this Maintenance Engineer Assistant position or find out more details then please contact Simon on 07799 866285 or submit your CV to [email protected] or simply click apply below.

Commutable Locations

This job is commutable from Acton, Ealing, Chiswick, Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Brentford, Kew, Richmond, Twickenham, Isleworth, Hounslow, Hanwell, Southall, Greenford, Perivale, Northolt, Ruislip, Uxbridge, Hayes, Harrow, Wembley, Willesden, Park Royal, London and West Drayton and other parts of London.

Why work with Proactive?

Proactive Global are an industry leading, specialist engineering recruitment agency focused on the automation, manufacturing and robotics sectors. We offer specialist recruitment services to a niche customer base, vetting that our clients offer the best opportunities for your career. Proactive encourages and promotes equality and diversity within the workforce. We act with honesty, integrity and impartiality, ensuring your application is considered on its own merits and without bias. When registering with Proactive you will have the opportunity to apply for some of the most interesting, specialist, opportunities in the marketplace, with the biggest companies in the sector. Follow us on Linkedin and Facebook for industry news and download our app for live notifications about newly listed vacancies. We look forward to helping you find your next role!


Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

£34,900.00
Per annum
Up to GBP34900 per annum + pension
Added 28/08/2026
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