Carding Maintenance Engineer

Carding Maintenance Engineer

Shifts: 4on4off
Salary: circa £60,000 (+ 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 will 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

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on carding machines


• Responding to mechanical and electrical breakdowns across the carding lines


• Diagnosing faults on cylinders, strippers, doffers, workers, lickers-in, feed systems and delivery sections


• Performing alignment, clearance setting, tensioning and fine adjustments to maintain fibre flow and web quality


• Working on machinery such as Trützschler, Spinnbau, Herguth, TAM or similar carding equipment


• Supporting rebuilds, strip-downs and card clothing changes as required


• Collaborating closely with production teams to resolve quality issues and improve machine performance


• Contributing to root cause analysis, asset care and continuous improvement activity


• Sharing knowledge with apprentices, fellow engineers and operators to build internal capability


• 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:

• £60,000 basic salary


• 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