At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead maintenance operations and drive engineering improvements in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Company: Innovative manufacturing business focused on engineering excellence.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hands-on experience, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with a focus on continuous improvement and safety.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on production efficiency and contribute to exciting engineering projects.
- Qualifications: Strong mechanical/electrical engineering background and hands-on troubleshooting skills.
CNC Recruitment is delighted to be working with an innovative manufacturing business to recruit an experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on engineering professional to take ownership of engineering operations, maintenance, and continuous improvement across a busy production site. Alongside maintaining production machinery and facilities, you'll play a key role in exciting engineering and re-engineering projects, supporting the development of new products and manufacturing capabilities. Reporting to the Head of Operations, this role offers genuine variety and the opportunity to make a significant impact on operational performance.
The Role
As the Senior Maintenance Engineer, you'll lead the day-to-day engineering function, ensuring production machinery, equipment and facilities are maintained to the highest standards. This is a hands-on role requiring strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills, along with the ability to drive continuous improvement, reduce downtime and support future engineering developments across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on production machinery and site facilities.
- Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults to minimise production downtime.
- Support the development and implementation of preventative maintenance programmes.
- Programme, maintain and troubleshoot industrial equipment, including PLC-controlled machinery and specialist manufacturing equipment.
- Ensure production machinery and engineering systems operate safely and efficiently.
- Support engineering, re-engineering and new product development projects.
- Identify opportunities for equipment upgrades, capital investment and process improvements.
- Maintain accurate engineering records, maintenance schedules and documentation.
- Develop strong working relationships with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and external contractors.
- Promote a proactive Health & Safety culture and ensure engineering activities comply with company standards.
- Work collaboratively with production, operations and product development teams to improve manufacturing performance.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and facilities.
What We're Looking For
Experience
- Strong background in mechanical and/or electrical engineering.
- Previous experience maintaining and repairing industrial or manufacturing machinery.
- Hands-on fault-finding and troubleshooting experience within a production environment.
- Experience maintaining site facilities and engineering infrastructure.
- Experience supporting engineering projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience with CNC machinery, PLC-controlled equipment or specialist manufacturing machinery would be advantageous.
- Experience managing internal engineering improvement or facility upgrade projects is desirable.
Skills & Knowledge
- Excellent mechanical and electrical fault-finding abilities.
- Strong understanding of preventative maintenance principles.
- Knowledge of industrial machinery, automation and manufacturing equipment.
- Practical understanding of facilities management and building maintenance.
- Strong organisational and planning skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritise work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma or PFMEA methodologies would be beneficial.
- Visual Basic programming experience or the willingness to develop these skills would be advantageous.
Personal Attributes
- Hands-on and technically minded.
- Self-motivated with a proactive approach.
- Calm under pressure and able to respond quickly to engineering issues.
- An excellent communicator who works well across departments.
- Committed to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Organised with strong attention to detail.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing business priorities.
- Passionate about delivering high engineering standards.
Qualifications
- Engineering qualification (Mechanical, Electrical or Multi-Skilled) is preferred.
- Membership of a relevant professional engineering body is advantageous.
- Health & Safety qualifications (such as IOSH) are desirable or willingness to undertake training.
Contact Details:
CNC Recruitment South West Ltd Recruitment Team
