SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

The Martin Veasey Partnership; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Relocation assistance

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Macclesfield is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead their plant maintenance and engineering team. The successful candidate will possess a degree in engineering and have at least five years of team leadership experience in a process or heavy industry environment. This role offers great career development opportunities and relocation assistance, ensuring you can make a real impact in a company that values its people.

Qualifications

• Must understand both engineering and broader business principles.
• At least five years of team leadership experience in process/heavy industry.
• NEBOSH or IOSH qualifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate the team for coordination and cooperation.
• Ensure maintenance work on mechanical equipment is effective and safe.
• Contribute to plant improvements with contractors.

Skills

Team leadership

Engineering maintenance systems (Maximo or similar)

Knowledge of ISO Standards

Financial management

Continuous Improvement mindset

Excellent organizational skills

Education

Engineering Degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

“Fantastic career development opportunity for degree educated Senior Mechanical Engineer with team leadership experience”.

North West

This is an exciting career development opportunity for a degree level educated and ambitious Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the plant maintenance and engineering team of a market leader.

Responsibilities

• Managing and motivating their team ensuring coordination and cooperation between departments (production, process, maintenance, procurement, senior management).
• Ensuring the execution and completion of maintenance work carried out on mechanical equipment with the highest level of safety, quality and effectiveness at minimum cost to maximise equipment operational availability.
• Applying preventative and predictive maintenance practices and contribute to plant improvements including ensuring quality control of maintenance undertaken by sub-contractors (working closely with suppliers, technical centre, and head office).
• Ensuring sustainable performance which is aligned to plant objectives, values and behaviours.
• Definition of the medium and long-term strategy for plant maintenance.

The Ideal Applicant

• Engineering Degree or equivalent.
• Must understand both engineering and broader business principles.
• Highly proficient in engineering maintenance systems such as Maximo (or similar) and also ERP systems such as SAP or JDE, Microsoft Office applications including Excel and PowerPoint.
• NEBOSH or IOSH would be highly advantageous.
• At least five years team leadership, motivation and people development experience ideally gained within the process/heavy industry sector.
• Technical knowledge of industrial raw materials, processing and maintenance management.
• Knowledge of ISO Standards and certification process.
• Financial management and budget control.
• Track record of transformational cultural change, leading by example: innovative, inspirational and energising.
• Excellent ability to organise and construct the development of a strong team, coaching and building their performance, setting and delivering measurable results.
• Ability to grasp big-picture and key details simultaneously: anticipating barriers and resolving challenges, achieving things collaboratively.
• High personal integrity and credibility.
• A personality which challenges conventional solutions –a Continuous Improvement Agent.

Our client offers excellent development and the opportunity to make a real difference in a business that really values its people. Relocation assistance will also be considered.