Job title: Maintenance Fitter
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Location: Meath
Job published: 07-01-2026
Job ID: 105533
Contact name: Matthew Bell
Contact email: matthew.bell@huntersavage.com

Job Description

We are hiring for our client, a highly successful manufacturer operating within a modern, automated and exceptionally clean environment, who are seeking a Maintenance Fitter to join their engineering team in Ashbourne.

This Maintenance Fitter role offers an excellent work-life balance with Monday–Friday working hours, no nights, alongside a highly competitive salary and strong benefits package. The successful Maintenance Fitter will play a key role in maintaining and improving automated production equipment, ensuring reliability, efficiency and safety across the site.

This opportunity will suit a proactive engineering professional who enjoys working in a structured, well-invested environment and is motivated by long-term stability and progression.

Top 3 Things to Know About this Job

  1. Excellent package – €62,500–€68,500 plus overtime and benefits
  2. Outstanding work-life balance – Monday to Friday, no night shifts
  3. Automated, clean manufacturing environment with strong investment in engineering

The Role

  • Carry out planned and reactive mechanical maintenance on automated production equipment
  • Diagnose and repair mechanical faults to minimise downtime
  • Support continuous improvement and reliability initiatives across the site
  • Work closely with engineering and production teams to ensure safe and efficient operations
  • Maintain accurate maintenance records and comply with health & safety standards

The Person

  • Time-served or qualified Maintenance Fitter
  • Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment
  • Strong mechanical fault-finding and problem-solving skills
  • Some electrical ability desirable but not essential
  • A team-focused, reliable and safety-conscious approach
  • Comfortable working in a structured, high-standard production setting

The Rewards

  • Salary of €62,500–€68,500
  • Overtime available
  • Monday–Friday working pattern (no nights)
  • Clean, modern and automated facility
  • Long-term role with a stable and well-established employer