Lead Cement Plant Maintenance Engineer & Capital Projects

Specialized Career Search, Inc.; Bath; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialized Career Search, Inc. is seeking a driven Maintenance Engineer to lead projects from concept through commissioning in a heavy industrial cement environment. The role combines project management with hands-on mechanical engineering to improve reliability and plant performance.

The candidate will coordinate with contractors and internal teams, review designs, and support major outages and annual shutdowns. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field is required.
• Minimum five years of engineering experience in cement manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Experience managing capital projects in an operating facility.
• Experience troubleshooting heavy industrial equipment and systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital and maintenance projects from conception through commissioning and startup.
• Develop scopes, engineering specs, cost estimates, schedules, and contractor work plans.
• Manage budgets, schedules, procurement, and contractor performance.
• Coordinate consultants, vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Review engineering drawings and equipment designs.
• Oversee installation, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Prepare justifications and support capex requests.
• Identify opportunities for equipment modernization and process optimization.
• Provide day-to-day mechanical engineering support to maintenance and operations teams.
• Assist with troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of failures.
• Support reliability improvements for kilns, mills, crushers, conveyors, fans, pumps.
• Participate in plant inspections and condition assessments.
• Support predictive and preventive maintenance programs.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Project management

Reading drawings

Communication skills

Problem-solving

SAP experience

AutoCAD

Reliability principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SAP

Job description

Specialized Career Search, Inc. is seeking a driven Maintenance Engineer to lead projects from concept through commissioning in a heavy industrial cement environment. The role combines project management with hands-on mechanical engineering to improve reliability and plant performance.

The candidate will coordinate with contractors and internal teams, review designs, and support major outages and annual shutdowns. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.