Maintenance Technician

Career Area:

Operations

Job Description:

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Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Salary: From £51,144.19 up to £60,112.57 (with shift allowance) depending on Experience and Knowledge

Location : Peterborough

Benefits:

25 days annual leave

Up to 5% Bonus

Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 10%

Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.

Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.

Employee Referral Bonus

About IPSD

Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat® and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.

Job Summary

The Machining department is responsible for continually improving the availability of facility production equipment. Significant investment in people and equipment over recent years has led to a motivated and highly engaged team delivering excellent results using modern technology and maintenance techniques.

The Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer role maintains and develops facility availability and uptime using tools such as TPM and fault analysis. In the role you will fault find on electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic circuits or mechanical systems. You will be involved with equipment calibration, working to a planned preventative maintenance schedule, and liaising with the manufacturing departments to ensure equipment availability

A role within our Maintenance team will provide you with the opportunity to work with many leading brands in manufacturing technology such as:

Heller

Makino

Okuma

Fanuc Robotics

Junker

Laru

Boehringer

Harry Major

Marposs

What You Will Do:

Fault find on electrical, controls, pneumatic, hydraulic & mechanical systems

Work to a planned preventative maintenance schedule

React quickly to breakdowns and liaise effectively with local leadership and affected parties.

Liaise with the Production & Engineering Depts. to ensure equipment availability

Provide high levels of equipment availability to our internal customers.

Must ensure that safe working practices are followed. Able to create appropriate Risk Assessments and ensure they are adhered to

Investigate quality issues relating to machines in a logical and structured manner

Verbally report & document daily issues for handover

Candidates will have gained the following skills and experience through previous roles:

NVQ Level 3 / Time served Apprentice background or equivalent qualification

Experience of PLC systems, fault finding & diagnostics

Knowledge of hydraulic & pneumatic machine control systems

Experience of all Mechanical aspects of Machinery & Equipment (e.g motors, gearboxes etc.)

Ability to read electrical, fluid system and mechanical drawings

Self-motivated and comfortable to work with limited supervision

Candidates may have gained the following skills and experience through previous roles:

Experience of conveyor maintenance (drives, clutches, inverters etc.)

Experience Siemens S7

Experience of Fanuc Robots an advantage

Recognised forklift license, MEWP license

Experience of working within a Manufacturing environment

Additional Information:

Shift Pattern available:

24/7 - 12 hours (11.5 hrs paid) 07:00 to 19:00 and the pattern is 4 nights on - 2 days off - 3 days on - 2 days off - 3 nights on - 2 days off - 4 days on - 8 days off

All maintenance tools are supplied by the business.

Comprehensive training will be given where required.

Two positions available.

What You Will Get

We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our dynamic, diverse and friendly team. We have a culture of openness, autonomy, support, personal development as well as a continuous drive for improvement.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting. #LI

Posting Dates:

October 1, 2026 - October 17, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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