Mechanical Engineer

Meritus

📍 Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Full-time other-general Posted June 13, 2026

Job Description

MERITUS are recruiting for Mechanical Engineers to join a leading Defence Manufacturing organisation as a part of their Calibration & Maintenance team.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER - BOLTON - 12 MONTH CONTRACT - £32 - 35 PER HOUR (INSIDE IR35) - SC ELIGIBILITY REQUIRED - SECTOR: DEFENCE MANUFACTURING

We are looking for Mechanical Engineers to join a Calibration & Maintenance function, supporting manufacturing activities across assembly, integration and testing. Working collaboratively with production, quality and engineering teams, you will play an important role in ensuring measurement accuracy and equipment performance throughout the build process.

Key Responsibilities

Provide hands-on mechanical and dimensional calibration support for Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and bespoke test equipment.
Support dimensional inspection activities, including updating and maintaining CMM measurement programmes.
Deliver day-to-day dimensional calibration and inspec...