Senior Manufacturing and Maintenance Engineer | High Wycombe | up to £55,000 + benefits
Job Openings Senior Manufacturing and Maintenance Engineer | High Wycombe | up to £55,000 + benefits
About the job Senior Manufacturing and Maintenance Engineer | High Wycombe | up to £55,000 + benefits
Position: Senior Manufacturing & Maintenance Engineer
Salary: £45,000 to £55,000 depending on experience, plus overtime
Location: High Wycombe area, UK
Hours: 39 hours per week, with an early finish every Friday
Reporting to: Mill Manager
Company Overview:
My client is a well-established UK manufacturer producing high-quality products for commercial environments. The business has a long-standing reputation for quality, craftsmanship and manufacturing excellence.
You would be joining a friendly, practical and supportive team where reliability, continuous improvement and pride in production standards are central to the operation.
Role Overview:
The Senior Manufacturing & Maintenance Engineer will play a key role in keeping the manufacturing operation running smoothly by taking ownership of maintenance activities and providing hands‑on support to production.
Working closely with the Mill Manager, you will carry out planned and reactive maintenance, diagnose machinery faults, support production improvements and help maintain the site’s equipment and facilities. This is a varied position suited to a practical engineer who enjoys solving problems and working closely with manufacturing teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across manufacturing machinery and equipment.
- Diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical and pneumatic faults.
- Maintain CNC machinery and associated production equipment.
- Coordinate servicing, repairs and specialist contractor activities where required.
- Maintain accurate maintenance schedules, service records and inspection documentation.
- Identify opportunities to improve machine reliability and operational efficiency.
- Support the operation, set-up and optimisation of manufacturing equipment.
- Assist with production workflow and practical problem‑solving on the shop floor.
- Read and interpret technical drawings and production specifications.
- Support quality, productivity and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Maintain workshop facilities, buildings and site infrastructure.
- Support the upkeep of extraction systems, compressed air equipment and utilities.
- Conduct regular inspections and identify maintenance requirements.
- Promote a strong safety culture across the workshop.
- Participate in risk assessments and safety improvement initiatives.
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping throughout the facility.
About You:
- Strong mechanical engineering and maintenance background.
- Previous experience maintaining CNC machinery or production equipment.
- Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
- Excellent fault‑finding and problem‑solving skills.
- Able to read and interpret technical drawings.
- Practical, hands‑on approach with a willingness to support the wider team.
- Confident working independently and taking ownership of maintenance requirements.
- Comfortable balancing planned maintenance with urgent fault‑finding and production demands.
- Electrical maintenance experience would be beneficial.
- CNC operation, setting or programming experience would be advantageous.
- Welding and fabrication skills would be useful.
- Previous supervisory or team leadership experience is desirable.
- Experience within furniture, woodworking, joinery or a similar manufacturing environment would be advantageous.
- An engineering qualification such as an NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent is desirable.
- Forklift certification would be beneficial.
What the Employer Offers:
- Competitive salary of £45,000 to £55,000, depending on experience.
- Overtime opportunities.
- Early finish every Friday.
- Stable, long‑established manufacturing business.
- Friendly and supportive working environment.
- A varied position where no two days are the same.
- Opportunity to play a key role in improving and developing the manufacturing operation.
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