Senior Maintenance Engineer

Senior Maintenance Engineer
Nottingham
Monday-Friday
50,000 - 60,000 DOE

Overview
We're working with a high-growth manufacturing client in Nottingham seeking an experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer to lead from the front in a fast-paced, automated production environment. This is a rare opportunity to help shape a young engineering team, embed standards, and directly influence reliability and performance in a high-compliance, food-grade facility.

This is a hands-on, senior-level role where you'll own the technical standards, lead root-cause diagnostics, mentor engineers, and drive continuous improvement across critical assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planned and reactive maintenance across high-speed production machinery
• Own and evolve the PPM system, ensuring schedules, compliance, and uptime
• Act as the go-to problem-solver for complex mechanical and electrical faults
• Mentor and support junior engineers and apprentices
• Collaborate closely with production teams to prevent downtime and improve reliability
• Work across a range of equipment: conveyors, weighers, chillers, mixers, sealers, packaging lines
• Support automation, upgrade, and installation projects
• Ensure compliance with food safety, H&S, and engineering best practices
• Lead on record-keeping: parts usage, fault logs, trend analysis, and asset history
• Drive root cause analysis and contribute to site-wide CI initiatives

What We're Looking For

• Experience in a senior/lead maintenance role within a food, FMCG, or regulated environment
• Multiskilled engineering background - electrical & mechanical (approx. 50/50 or 60/40 split)
• Confident with 3-phase, PLCs, VFDs, sensors, and automated production systems
• Strong fabrication and basic welding ability
• Proactive, calm under pressure, and a clear communicator
• High safety and compliance standards
• Passion for improving systems and upskilling others

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary: 50-60k DOE
• AXA private healthcare - including full cancer cover
• Learning & Development budget
• Annual wellbeing allowance
• 28 days holiday
• 1 volunteer day per year
• Option to work abroad up to 2 weeks annually (role-dependent)
• Monthly employee recognition scheme
• Staff discounts for friends and family
• Quarterly team socials
• Birthday off (or an alternative if it falls on a weekend)
• Option to sell back up to 1 week of unused holiday per year

Interested?
Think you've got what it takes? Call Kelsea now on (phone number removed)!