Maintenance Engineer – Construction & Road Rail Machinery

About the role

Our client, a long‑established engineering and manufacturing business, is seeking a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their single‑site facility in the East Midlands. You will be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance of a diverse range of construction, road and rail machinery, ensuring reliability and safety.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on construction machinery, road‑rail equipment and associated plant.
• Respond to equipment breakdowns and perform reactive maintenance as required.
• Diagnose and rectify mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical faults.
• Service and repair heavy plant and specialist engineering equipment.
• Conduct routine inspections to identify potential issues before they become critical.
• Assist with machinery installations, refurbishments and improvement projects.
• Complete accurate maintenance records and documentation.
• Work closely with workshop and engineering teams to meet operational requirements.
• Ensure all work complies with health and safety procedures.

Required profile

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a maintenance, engineering, construction plant, road‑rail or heavy‑equipment environment.
• Proven experience servicing, maintaining and repairing construction machinery and road‑rail equipment.
• Strong mechanical fault‑finding and diagnostic abilities.
• Experience with hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.

Required skills

• Mechanical fault‑finding
• Hydraulic system maintenance
• Pneumatic system maintenance
• Electrical system troubleshooting
• Welding and fabrication (advantageous)
• Reading engineering drawings