Maintenance Engineer

Ad Talent; Norwich; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Free parking

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Polyframe, part of SWPF Group, in Lenwade, Norfolk, is seeking a Maintenance Engineer on a Monday–Friday rotating early/late shift pattern. Salary is £47,196 per annum with 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, and a two-week rotation.

You will diagnose faults, perform planned maintenance and push for improvements to keep line equipment running reliably. The role focuses on reducing downtime, supporting production, and driving maintenance excellence with opportunities for skills development and

Qualifications

• Significant maintenance experience in manufacturing/industrial plants.
• Mechanical or electrical qualification is ideal.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement is a plus.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Fault finding

Planned maintenance

Electrical

Mechanical

Lean manufacturing

Microsoft Office

Education

Mechanical or electrical qualification

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

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

Maintenance Engineer

£47,196 per annum | Lenwade, Norfolk
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:

• Week 1: 6am to 2pm
• Week 2: 2.15pm to 10.15pm

What's in it for you?

• £47,196 annual salary
• Machinery specific training and opportunities for further engineering development
• 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Free parking
• 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.