Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Trades & Services
Inverness-shire
February 20, 2026
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical Bias)

Location: Fort William, Scotland
Industry: Heavy Engineering / Process Manufacturing
Relocation Package: Available

Our client, a well-established heavy engineering business based in Fort William, is seeking an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their site engineering team. This is a key role with strong leadership responsibility, focused on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement within a COMAH-regulated environment.

The Role

This position would suit a multi-skilled engineer with either a mechanical or electrical bias (60/40 or 70/30) who is comfortable leading people, driving safe systems of work, and contributing to site reliability and maintenance strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring all maintenance activities are carried out in line with health, safety and environmental standards

  • Leading thorough investigation of accidents and incidents, implementing robust corrective actions

  • Issuing clear, safety-focused instructions and ensuring full compliance

  • Supporting and delivering wider HSEQ activities as required by the business

  • Ensuring all written isolation procedures are followed, including multiple energy isolation points

  • Managing and developing trade and apprentice engineers within your area

  • Contributing to and leading the weekly maintenance schedule using CMMS and site information centres

  • Identifying and responding to new or changing engineering standards and legislation

  • Driving a reliability-focused culture across the maintenance function

  • Leading site reliability and improvement projects using recognised lean principles

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Strong engineering maintenance background in a heavy engineering or industrial environment

  • Mechanical or Electrical bias with multi-skilled capability

  • Sound knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation

  • HNC or above in an engineering discipline (or demonstrable experience with willingness to undertake further study)

  • Experience of industrial-scale process plant operations and maintenance

  • Understanding of relevant engineering standards, codes of practice and procedures

  • COMAH site experience highly desirable

What’s on Offer

  • Relocation package available for candidates moving to the Fort William area

  • A challenging and influential role within a stable, established business

  • Opportunity to lead people and drive real improvements in safety and reliability

  • Competitive salary and benefits package (details available upon application)

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