Job details
Date posted
01/05/2025
Application closing date
Location
Scunthorpe
Salary
Package
Contractual hours
36.5
Basis
Full time
Job description
Role – Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical & Electrical)
Salary – Competitive + benefits
Contractual Hours – 36.5 Hours Per Week
Pattern of Work - Days (Monday – Friday)
Site Locations
- Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1XA; and
- Teesside - Lackenby Works, Middlesbrough, TS6 7RP; and,
At British Steel, we’re shaping a stronger future for the UK steel industry and our Maintenance Engineers are central to that vision. We're looking for hands-on, solution-driven professionals to help maintain and improve the performance of our complex manufacturing operations.
About the Role
As a British Steel Maintenance Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our production lines running safely, reliably, and efficiently. This is a dynamic, hands-on position where you'll be directly involved in maintaining critical plant infrastructure across our ironmaking and steelmaking facilities.
You’ll support a range of engineering activities, including:
- Project involvement, from design and technical submissions through to installation and commissioning of capital works.
- Plant performance and reliability improvements, identifying areas for enhancement and delivering practical solutions.
- Maintenance planning and execution – working closely with plant teams to ensure safe, cost-effective engineering support.
- Safety-first mindset, ensuring all activities align with our rigorous safety standards.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence how our sites operate and contribute to industry leading performance.
What We're Looking For
A qualified and experienced engineer, with a passion for problem-solving and continuous improvement in a fast-paced industrial setting.
You’ll bring:
- A degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- Significant experience in a maintenance or reliability engineering role within a heavy industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills.
- A collaborative mindset – able to work cross-functionally and communicate effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- A proactive, safety-conscious approach to engineering and plant operations.
Why Join British Steel?
This is more than just a maintenance role, it’s an opportunity to be part of the next chapter in a proud UK industry. You’ll work on major engineering challenges, contribute to long-term plant improvements and help drive British Steel’s transformation towards a more sustainable future.
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 – www.britishsteel.co.uk.
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.
