Senior Maintenance Engineer in Telford, Shropshire

Senior Maintenance Engineer

Location: Telford Area

Salary: £55,400

Shift Pattern: Two-Shift Rotation
Week 1: Monday-Thursday 6:00am-2:00pm, Friday 6:00am-1:00pm
Week 2: Monday-Thursday 2:00pm-10:00pm, Friday 1:00pm-8:00pm

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

A leading manufacturer is looking to appoint a Senior Maintenance Engineer to provide both hands-on engineering support and technical leadership within a fast-paced production environment.

This role offers the opportunity to drive equipment reliability, improve manufacturing performance, lead continuous improvement activities and support the development of engineers and technicians across the operation.

Applications are welcomed from electrical, mechanical and multi-skilled engineering backgrounds with previous experience operating within manufacturing, production or automated environments.

• Lead reactive and planned maintenance activities across site assets and production equipment.
• Drive equipment reliability, uptime and manufacturing efficiency.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement long-term corrective actions.
• Support the installation, commissioning and optimisation of production equipment.
• Lead continuous improvement and Lean initiatives focused on productivity, downtime and waste reduction.
• Monitor and improve key engineering metrics including OEE, downtime and asset performance.
• Provide technical support, coaching and guidance to engineers and technicians.
• Manage engineering projects from concept through to implementation.
• Work closely with Production, Quality and Operations teams to achieve site objectives.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure engineering best practice is maintained.

• Previous experience in a Senior Maintenance Engineer, Engineering Team Leader, Maintenance Team Leader, Engineering Supervisor or similar position.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience within a manufacturing, production or automated engineering environment.
• Ability to lead by example and provide technical direction to engineering teams.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement, reliability or Lean manufacturing principles would be advantageous.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced production environment.

• Salary of circa £55,400.
• Permanent, full-time opportunity.
• Two-shift rotation with an early finish every Friday.
• Career progression and development opportunities.
• Stable, well-invested manufacturing environment.
• Opportunity to influence engineering performance and site improvements.

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