Carding Maintenance Engineer
Shifts: 4on4offSalary: circa £62,000 (+ up to £8,000 relocation support + optional enhanced overtime)Somerset, UK
Are you a time-served engineer with hands-on carding experience? Do you understand fibre behaviour, machine tolerances and the fine adjustments needed to keep carding lines running smoothly?
Yolk Recruitment are supporting a rapidly growing world leading textile manufacturer who have increased turnover by more than 150% in five years. With continued investment across the site, they’re looking for a Carding Maintenance Engineer to support an existing team with carding machinery performance, reliability and quality.
This is a rare opportunity to relocate to the South West and join a specialist process-driven manufacturer where your carding experience genuinely matters.
This is what you’ll be doing
You’ll be responsible for maintaining, repairing and optimising a range of carding machinery and fibre-processing equipment. Your work will ensure stable production, consistent web formation and minimal downtime.
Responsibilities include:
- 1. Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on carding machines
- 2. Responding to mechanical and electrical breakdowns across the carding lines
- 3. Diagnosing faults on cylinders, strippers, doffers, workers, lickers-in, feed systems and delivery sections
- 4. Performing alignment, clearance setting, tensioning and fine adjustments to maintain fibre flow and web quality
- 5. Working on machinery such as Trützschler, Spinnbau, Herguth, TAM or similar carding equipment
- 6. Supporting rebuilds, strip-downs and card clothing changes as required
- 7. Collaborating closely with production teams to resolve quality issues and improve machine performance
- 8. Contributing to root cause analysis, asset care and continuous improvement activity
- 9. Sharing knowledge with apprentices, fellow engineers and operators to build internal capability
- 10. Ensuring all work is completed safely and in line with company procedures
Experience & Qualifications
Essential:
- * Proven hands-on experience with carding machinery (standard cards, strippers, or equivalent)
- * NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering
- * Strong mechanical fault-finding and strip-down ability
- * Good electrical awareness (motors, sensors, drives, inverters)
- * Experience working within textiles, nonwovens or fibre-processing environments
- * Ability to work independently and diagnose machine performance issues
- * Understanding of web formation, fibre movement and carding tolerances
Desirable:
- * Experience with Trützschler, Spinnbau, Herguth, TAM or similar brands
- * Apprenticeship in carding or textile engineering
- * Exposure to continuous improvement or reliability projects
And this is what you’ll get in return:
- * circa £62,000 basic salary and overtime opportunties (x1.5)
- * Up to £8,000 relocation support for candidates moving to the Bridgwater area
- * 22 days holiday + 8 bank holidays (rising to 25 with service)
- * Christmas & New Year shutdown
- * Pension – 4% employer / 5% employee
- * Full company uniform
- * On-site parking
- * Access to Wellbeing 360 – discounts, GP services, wellbeing tools and more
- * Bike2Work scheme
- * A secure long-term role with a financially strong and growing manufacturer
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