ENGINEERS ASSISTANT/ENGINEERS MATE


Company:	SPRAYBAKE LIMITED
Salary:	£27,040 - £28,080
Hours:	Full-time
Working pattern:	Remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	22 Jul 2026
Closing date:	21 Aug 2026

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Summary

Overview

Join our engineering team as an Engineers Assistant/Engineers Mate and you will be supporting engineers on site across various engineering disciplines.

This paid position offers a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a busy engineering service and maintenance environment while honing your technical skills and knowledge.

Ideally you will be located around central UK, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, East Midlands

The Company

Due to the ongoing successful expansion of both our commercial enterprises; Spraybake Ltd, Commercial Spraybooths, and Thermalair Ltd, Commercial Heating and Ventilation, we are currently recruiting an Engineers Assistant/Mate to work alongside our multi skilled Engineers

Spraybake incorporated in 1968 carries out the supply, installation, service and maintenance to varied paint spraying industries, be it automotive, commercial, aerospace, and including a significant amount of Ministry of Defence contracts.

Thermalair, celebrating 40 years trading, provides the supply, installation, service and maintenance of Commercial Heating and Ventilation systems

Our Heating and Ventilation business is based primarily around Essex and Suffolk, the Spraybooth businesses operates throughout the UK

Job Description

The role as an Engineers Assistant is to accompany an Engineer, attend Customer sites, work side by side with, and learn the role of a Commercial Spraybooth Engineer

Our Engineers are required to undertake planned Service and Maintenance (PPM) to our own Spraybake booths, and a range of other Spraybooth manufacturers, and attend reactive Call outs to investigate, diagnose and repair faults, to make safe/make good, replace parts, carry out repairs, refurbishments, and upgrades, and may also be involved in the installation of new Spraybooths and commissioning.

An Engineers Assistant would accompany the Engineer to any of these visits to help and assist. This is a hands-on practical role, assisting with visits and works, learning the job on site, receiving training as required, along with some office-based training which is generally Health and Safety training

There may also be a requirement to attend, again along with an Engineer, our Commercial Heating Customers, again this could be planned service and maintenance or reactive call outs, repairs or new installation

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