Maintenance Engineer
hace 12 días
Sittingbourne
Maintenance Engineer – Aerospace Manufacturing Sittingbourne, KentFull-Time | PermanentSalary: Dependent on Experience PWR Contacts: Sammy or Emily We are recruiting for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established and highly respected aerospace manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a critical engineering environment supporting high-spec production processes in a company that values quality, compliance, and continuous improvement. The Role As a Maintenance Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring all plant equipment, machinery, and site facilities operate safely, efficiently, and in line with regulatory standards. This position combines hands-on maintenance with compliance, documentation, and contractor coordination responsibilities. Key Responsibilities • Diagnose faults, carry out repairs, and minimise downtime across plant equipment, • Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and environmental standards, • Conduct routine safety checks (e.g. fire alarms, emergency systems), • Perform planned preventative maintenance and site inspections, • Maintain accurate maintenance records, logs, and asset documentation, • Source and procure parts, tools, and consumables, • Coordinate subcontractors for servicing and statutory inspections, • Support continuous improvement initiatives across maintenance processes, • Strong mechanical maintenance background (essential), • Electrical knowledge or qualifications (desirable), • Experience within manufacturing, engineering, or industrial environments, • Knowledge of compliance and regulatory standards, • Welding experience (advantageous), • Forklift licence (desirable), • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure, • Multi-skilled engineering capability (mechanical and/or electrical), • Maintenance planning and fault-finding expertise, • Strong organisational and communication skills, • Experience with audits, compliance, and reporting, • Monday – Thursday: 7:30am – 4:00pm, • Join a stable and growing engineering business within a specialist manufacturing sector, • Work in a collaborative, team-focused environment, • Opportunity for long-term career progression and development, • Be part of a business committed to high-quality engineering standards