Maintenance Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Leicester, UK; onsite in a manufacturing and engineering facility

Company

Crane Aerospace & Electronics operates Druck, a technology and manufacturing business serving the aerospace, industrial, and energy markets with pressure sensing devices, instruments, software, products, and services.

What you will do

• Maintain facility infrastructure and manufacturing equipment across mechanical, electrical, electronic, vacuum, pneumatic, hydraulic, and F-Gas systems.
• Perform planned preventative maintenance, breakdown repairs, and equipment installations to minimize production downtime.
• Support health, safety, quality, and cleanliness standards, including Permit to Work procedures and cleanroom requirements.
• Evaluate machine and maintenance performance and drive continual improvements.
• Maintain accurate and complete maintenance records while providing professional technical support to all departments.

Requirements

• Completed time-served engineering apprenticeship and Level 3 or 4 accreditation in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering.
• Essential practical maintenance experience in a maintenance environment.
• Fluent English and a valid UK passport or work permit; applicants must not require current or future sponsorship.
• Valid full UK driving licence to support travel when required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Nice to have

• Experience with vacuum systems, electron beam or laser welders, and PLCs.
• Experience in a controlled or cleanroom production environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time schedule of 39 hours per week, flexible between 07:00 and 17:00 with core hours from 09:00 to 15:00.
• Callout and out-of-hours cover approximately one week in five.
• Work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
• Private medical care options, life insurance, and disability benefits.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits, alongside training and development opportunities.

Hiring process

• Callout and out-of-hours arrangements will be discussed during the interview process.