Site & Production Engineer (Factory-Based with UK & International Site Support)

Company Description

Mechan Limited specialises in the design, manufacture, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of rail depot lifting and handling equipment. Our innovative, robust products are engineered to meet the demanding requirements of rail depots and workshops throughout the UK and internationally.

We are committed to delivering inherently safe, reliable, and serviceable equipment while maintaining internationally recognised quality standards and providing exceptional customer support throughout the product lifecycle.

Role Description

Due to continued growth, Mechan Limited is seeking a Site & Production Engineer to join our team on a full-time basis.

This is a predominantly factory-based role, with the majority of your time spent at our Sheffield manufacturing facility assembling, testing, inspecting, and preparing lifting and handling equipment for delivery.

In addition to your production responsibilities, you will also form part of our Site Engineering team, providing technical support to customers across the UK and, on occasion, internationally. Site work includes emergency breakdown response, fault finding, installation, commissioning, inspection, servicing, and planned preventative maintenance.

While the majority of site work is UK-based, the successful candidate must also be willing to undertake occasional international travel to support customer installations, servicing, inspections, and emergency breakdown requirements where necessary.

Although site attendance is not the primary function of the role, it is an essential requirement, and flexibility to travel at short notice is fundamental to the position.

Business Justification

As Mechan Limited continues to grow, we are strengthening our engineering capability to support both our manufacturing operations and our expanding after-sales service business.

The Site & Production Engineer role has been created to provide additional capacity within the Production and Site Engineering teams, ensuring resilience during periods of annual leave, employee absence, peak workloads, and emergency customer requirements.

This position is key to maintaining the high level of service our customers expect while supporting the continued growth of our service, maintenance, installation, and inspection activities.

By providing flexible engineering support across both factory production and customer sites, the successful candidate will help ensure equipment is manufactured, delivered, installed, maintained, inspected, and repaired efficiently, enabling Mechan Limited to continue delivering industry-leading customer support.

Key Responsibilities

Production Responsibilities (Primary Role)

• Mechanical assembly of lifting and handling equipment.
• Assembly, testing, and commissioning of mechanical and electro-mechanical systems.
• Inspection and verification of incoming goods.
• Load testing and functional testing of completed equipment.
• Operation of forklifts and lifting equipment (training provided where required).
• Completion of production, quality, and inspection documentation, including inspection reports.
• Carrying out quality inspections to company standards.
• Working from engineering drawings, schematics, and assembly documentation.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and new product development.
• Assisting with production planning and maintaining a safe, organised working environment.

Site Support Responsibilities (As Required)

• Attend customer sites throughout the UK and, on occasion, internationally for emergency breakdowns, repairs, inspections, installations, and technical support.
• Respond to urgent customer call-outs at short notice, including remote fault diagnosis where appropriate.
• Diagnose, fault-find, and repair mechanical, electrical, and PLC-controlled equipment.
• Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM).
• Perform LOLER inspections (where competent), together with PAT and PUWER inspections.
• Install, commission, test, and hand over rail depot lifting and handling equipment at customer sites throughout the UK and, where required, overseas.
• Produce and maintain site documentation, including RAMS, CARs, inspection reports, and service reports.
• Attend product, technical, and safety training as required.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, standards, and customer requirements, including Network Rail standards, LEEA guidance, FORS requirements, and Working Time Regulations.
• Maintain a professional and customer-focused approach while representing Mechan Limited on customer sites.

Candidate Requirements

The successful Site & Production Engineer will ideally have

• Hands-on mechanical and/or electrical engineering experience.
• Experience in machinery assembly, maintenance, servicing, installation, or testing.
• The ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and electrical schematics.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Knowledge of automation systems and PLC-controlled equipment would be advantageous.
• Good communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with customers.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A relevant mechanical or electrical engineering qualification, or equivalent practical experience.
• A full UK driving licence.
• Rail industry experience would be advantageous but is not essential.

Essential Requirement – Flexibility, Travel & Emergency Call-Out

This position is primarily based at Mechan Limited's Sheffield manufacturing facility. However, all applicants must understand that the ability and willingness to travel throughout the UK at short notice, together with occasional international travel, is an essential and non-negotiable requirement of the role.

Our customers operate critical lifting equipment, and emergency support is a key part of the service Mechan Limited provides. As a result, the successful Site & Production Engineer must be prepared to respond whenever operational requirements demand.

The successful candidate must be willing and able to

• Travel anywhere within the UK at very short notice, including same-day travel.
• Attend emergency customer breakdowns with minimal notice.
• Stay overnight in company-booked accommodation when required.
• Work flexibly outside normal working hours, including evenings, weekends, and public holidays, when responding to critical customer requirements.
• Undertake occasional international travel, including overnight stays where necessary, to support installations, commissioning, servicing, inspections, and emergency customer requirements.
• Support installations, inspections, maintenance activities, and emergency repairs at customer sites across the UK and internationally where required.

Following a successful training and familiarisation period, and once assessed as competent, the successful Site & Production Engineer will become part of the company's out-of-hours emergency call-out rota.

Participation in this rota is a mandatory requirement of the position and involves providing emergency customer support outside normal working hours on a rotational basis, including attending customer sites at short notice when required.

Important Information for Applicants

Before applying, applicants should carefully consider the travel and flexibility requirements of this role.

The ability to undertake emergency UK travel at short notice, occasional international travel, work flexible hours, stay away from home when necessary, and participate in the out-of-hours call-out rota is a fundamental condition of employment.

Applicants who are unable to commit to these requirements should not apply, as they form an essential part of the Site & Production Engineer position and cannot be accommodated as optional duties

Pay: £14.50-£17.00 per hour

Work Location: In person