Senior Maintenance Engineer

New Appointments Group Ltd; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Christmas bonus

Company pension

Training & development

Share incentive plan

Wellbeing and money-saving benefits

Job summary

New Appointments Group Ltd is seeking a highly experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer to lead a small team and drive reliability across production machinery in our busy manufacturing site. You will balance hands-on duties with leadership, overseeing day-to-day maintenance while mentoring engineers.

You will report to the Maintenance Manager and implement preventative maintenance schedules, diagnose faults, and ensure safety, quality and environmental standards are met.

Qualifications

• Engineering apprenticeship or recognised engineering qualification.
• Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance experience.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving abilities.
• A proactive approach to maintenance and continuous improvement.
• Good organisational and record-keeping skills.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to lead by example.
• Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm.
• Weekly pay.
• Christmas bonus, subject to company performance.
• Company pension.
• Training and career development opportunities.
• Share Incentive Plan with shareholder opportunity.
• Health, wellbeing and money-saving benefits platform.

Responsibilities

• Leading and supporting a small team of Maintenance Engineers.
• Providing technical guidance, support and mentoring to the engineering team.
• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across production machinery.
• Maintaining production machinery, conveyors, material handling systems, granulators and ancillary equipment.
• Diagnosing and resolving mechanical and electrical faults.
• Developing and implementing preventative maintenance schedules.
• Using a structured and methodical approach to identify and resolve technical issues.
• Liaising with external technical support where required.
• Ensuring maintenance activities meet health & safety, environmental and quality standards.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records using the Agility system.
• Identifying opportunities to improve machine availability, reliability and efficiency.
• Supporting continuous improvement and Lean manufacturing initiatives.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical maintenance

Team leadership

Problem solving

Preventative maintenance

Lean manufacturing

Record keeping

Education

Engineering apprenticeship

Engineering qualification

Tools

Agility CMMS

Job description

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm

We are currently recruiting for an experienced

Senior Maintenance Engineer to join a busy manufacturing environment. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you will lead a small team of Maintenance Engineers while remaining actively involved in the maintenance, reliability and improvement of production machinery.

The Role

You will report to the Maintenance Manager and take responsibility for overseeing the day‑to‑day maintenance activities across the department, ensuring machinery remains reliable and production downtime is minimised.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading and supporting a small team of Maintenance Engineers.
• Providing technical guidance, support and mentoring to the engineering team.
• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across production machinery.
• Maintaining production machinery, conveyors, material handling systems, granulators and ancillary equipment.
• Diagnosing and resolving mechanical and electrical faults.
• Developing and implementing preventative maintenance schedules.
• Using a structured and methodical approach to identify and resolve technical issues.
• Liaising with external technical support where required.
• Ensuring maintenance activities meet health & safety, environmental and quality standards.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records using the Agility system.
• Identifying opportunities to improve machine availability, reliability and efficiency.
• Supporting continuous improvement and Lean manufacturing initiatives.

About You

We're looking for an experienced Maintenance Engineer who is confident working across both

mechanical and electrical engineering and is ready to take the next step into a senior or supervisory position.

You will ideally have:

• An engineering apprenticeship or recognised engineering qualification.
• Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance experience.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong fault‑finding and problem‑solving abilities.
• A proactive approach to maintenance and continuous improvement.
• Good organisational and record‑keeping skills.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to lead by example.
• Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm.
• Weekly pay.
• Christmas bonus, subject to company performance.
• Company pension.
• Training and career development opportunities.
• Share Incentive Plan with the opportunity to become a shareholder.
• Health, wellbeing and money‑saving benefits platform.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment in line with the Equality Act 2010. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.