Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical, Immingham

Job details Application closing date

05/05/2026

Location

Immingham

Salary Package Contractual hours

36.5

Basis

Full time

Job description Salary - £48,000.00 Location – Immingham Bulk Terminal, South Killingholme, DN40 3LZ Pattern of Work – 36.5 hours, Monday - Friday
What you need to know about the role We’re looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join the Immingham Bulk Terminal Engineering Department. Immingham bulk terminal handles iron ore, coke and coal stacking the material in stock beds on site and reclaiming via road and rail to our manufacturing headquarters in Scunthorpe. The terminal, on the west side of the port, can handle up to 9 million tonnes of raw materials a year to support steel production. The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for the safe and efficient maintenance of an assigned area of Plant and Equipment. The Engineer will formulate and deliver maintenance schedules, equipment availability requirements in conjunction with the manufacturing teams. You will direct and supervise maintenance teams and contractors within an assigned plant. The maintenance engineer will lead and develop engineering performance in line with CAMF principles available tools and techniques. Your day-to-day will include:

• • Leading mechanical maintenance activities, faultâfinding and breakdown response for the Stoves.
  • Using modern diagnostic technology to assess plant condition and plan proactive maintenance.
  • Developing engineering solutions and improvement projects that enhance reliability, safety and performance.
  • Supporting operational teams to meet safety, environmental and production targets.
  • Managing maintenance work scopes, technical documentation and contractor activity.

This is a technically challenging, fastâpaced role where your decisions directly impact discharge performance and asset integrity. It’s a great opportunity for someone who enjoys owning a specialist asset and becoming the goâto engineer in a crucial area of the business.
What we need to know about you
You’ll bring strong mechanical engineering knowledge and the confidence to apply it in a heavy industrial environment. Ideally, you’ll have experience in:

• • Mechanical maintenance in complex process industries (steelmaking, Materials handling power generation, chemical, oil/gas, etc)
  • Pressure systems, combustion equipment or highâtemperature operations
  • Root cause analysis, reliability improvement and planned maintenance
  • Leading and developing personnel behaviours and competency
  • Directing and delivering equipment and maintenance method improvements.
  • Delivering and driving efficient maintenance in a safe manner at the optimum cost.
  • Formulating and directing maintenance / repair job methodology with respect to the assigned assets and in line with CAMF principles
  • Organising and directing outage activity for the assigned area
  • Formulating and agreeing spares stock holding

You’ll need excellent organisational and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with production, engineering and contractor teams. You should be qualified to HNC or equivalent in a relevant mechanical discipline, with meaningful experience in a similar role.

What we can offer you
We know our employees are our greatest asset and alongside the great benefits packages we offer, we continue to invest in their careers by providing a huge range of training and development opportunities.

Whatever your stage in life, you'll find a range of benefits to complement your work-life balance. The benefits you'll enjoy include:

• • Defined contribution company pension scheme
  • 27 personal annual leave days + statutory bank holidays
  • Life Assurance
  • A comprehensive Company sick pay scheme
  • Health Cash Plan via our partnership with Simply health
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Standby and call-out payments
  • Family friendly benefits including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.

What you need to know about us
British Steel is a leading European steel manufacturer, supplying premium long products around the world. We take great pride in our history and heritage. Not many companies can claim to have generations of families dedicating their working lives to one company, one industry. Steel gets into your blood, and this drives the passion of our people. And these 2 values deliver our third value of performance – making the products our customers want now and in the future.

British Steel has a bright future and we want you to be part of it.

British Steel is an armed forces friendly company, and we actively encourage applications from ex-Armed Forces Personnel, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans and military spouses/partners.

For more information about us and our journey please visit – .
How to apply
Internal candidates please apply for this role by logging in to your ESS account.

External candidates can apply by clicking on the ‘apply online’ button.
We may close this vacancy sooner than planned if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. To ensure your application is considered, we encourage you to submit it as soon as possible.