Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

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Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Mildenhall, Suffolk (Onsite)
Salary: £40,000£50,000
Type: Full-time, Permanent
My client, a specialist manufacturing company based in Mildenhall, is looking for a Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join their maintenance team. This role is responsible for maintaining production machinery, equipment, and facilities across multiple local sites, ensuring operations run efficiently and safely.
The successful candidate will play a key role in diagnosing faults, carrying out mechanical repairs, and supporting ongoing improvements to equipment reliability and maintenance processes.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain and repair production machinery and ancillary equipment

Diagnose mechanical faults and carry out breakdown repairs

Strip down machinery to replace worn or damaged components (e.g. bearings, conveyor belts)

Support external service engineers and contractors during site visits

Maintain facilities across multiple local sites

Record and track maintenance activities using maintenance management software

Identify opportunities for improvements and cost reductions

Provide general maintenance support across the wider business when required

Requirements
510 years experience in a mechanical maintenance role within a production or manufacturing environment

Strong mechanical aptitude with experience dismantling and repairing machinery

Experience using general workshop machinery and tools

Welding and fabrication skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving

Flexibility to occasionally work outside normal hours when required

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing manufacturing business and play a key role in maintaining critical production equipment and facilities.

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Location:
Higham
Salary:
£50,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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