Maintenance Engineer

Ad Talent Recruitment Ltd; Lenwade; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Machinery training

Pension scheme

Cashback on products

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Polyframe, part of SWPF Group, is looking for a Maintenance Engineer at our Lenwade manufacturing site. The role offers a Monday to Friday pattern with a two-week rotation and an annual salary of £47,196, plus 25 days’ holiday and Bank Holidays, with clear development opportunities.

You will diagnose faults, perform Planned Preventative Maintenance, and drive improvements to ensure reliable production while adhering to safety and environmental standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance within a manufacturing or industrial plant.
• A mechanical or electrical qualification is ideal.
• Lean manufacturing understanding is desirable.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and repair machinery breakdowns to minimise downtime.
• Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance and coordinate access to equipment.
• Investigate root causes of faults and implement improvements to prevent repeats.
• Identify and request parts needed for maintenance and repairs.
• Support Total Productive Maintenance and Front Line Maintenance activities.
• Help improve equipment reliability, product quality and production throughput.
• Complete improvement plans while following Health and Safety and environmental requirements.

Skills

Fault finding

Maintenance planning

Troubleshooting

Lean manufacturing understanding

Microsoft Office

Education

Mechanical or electrical qualification

IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH (desirable)

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Looking for a maintenance role with a weekday shift pattern and opportunities to develop your engineering skills?

Maintenance Engineer

Monday to Friday | Rotating early and late shifts

Join Polyframe, part of SWPF Group, at our manufacturing site in Lenwade. You’ll earn an annual salary of £47,196, with 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a clear two week shift rotation.

You’ll put your fault finding skills to work across breakdown repairs, planned maintenance and machinery improvements. Working closely with Production, you’ll diagnose problems, prevent repeat failures and help equipment perform reliably.

A working pattern you can plan around

You’ll work a two week rotation, Monday to Friday:

What’s in it for you?

• Machinery specific training and opportunities for further engineering development
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Friends and family cashback on the products we manufacture
• One day’s paid volunteering leave to support your chosen charity

Your role

You’ll help keep production machinery safe, reliable and consistently producing quality products.

You’ll:

• Diagnose and repair machinery breakdowns, responding promptly to minimise downtime.
• Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance, coordinating access to equipment and checking that cleanliness requirements are met.
• Investigate the root causes of faults and implement improvements to prevent repeat failures.
• Identify and request parts needed for maintenance and repairs.
• Support Total Productive Maintenance and Front Line Maintenance activities.
• Help improve equipment reliability, product quality and production throughput.
• Complete agreed improvement plans while following Health and Safety procedures and environmental requirements.

Your experience

You’ll bring significant maintenance experience within a manufacturing or industrial plant environment, strong technical understanding and a practical, methodical approach to solving machinery problems. A mechanical or electrical qualification would be ideal.

You’ll also need:

• An understanding of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and procurement or supply chain activities.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of relevant safety and management standards, including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
• AutoCAD skills and an IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH qualification are desirable.
• Experience in PVC or aluminium window manufacturing is highly desirable. Familiarity with Urban, Haffner, Emmegi, Elumatec, Stuga, Rotox or Hollinger machinery would be advantageous.

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. No recruitment agency enquiries, please.