Senior Maintenance Engineer

Senior Maintenance Engineer

Senior Maintenance Engineer – Newry – £46,000-£51,000

We are hiring for our client, a highly successful manufacturing business based in Newry, who are seeking to appoint a Senior Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team.

This Senior Maintenance Engineer position offers an excellent opportunity to join a modern production facility with an exceptionally clean working environment, where you'll play a key role in maintaining equipment reliability, minimising downtime and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The successful Senior Maintenance Engineer will work a continental dayshift pattern and become part of a well-established engineering team within a business that continues to invest in its people, processes and equipment.

As a Senior Maintenance Engineer, you will:

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across production equipment
• Support fault finding and troubleshooting activities to minimise downtime
• Lead and assist with continuous improvement projects
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and efficiently
• Work closely with production teams to maximise equipment performance
• Support the implementation of preventative maintenance programmes
• Assist with equipment upgrades and engineering projects
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and documentation

To be considered for this Senior Maintenance Engineer role, you should have:

• Previous experience within a maintenance engineering environment
• Strong electrical and/or mechanical fault‑finding skills
• Experience working within a manufacturing or production setting
• A proactive approach to problem solving
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Relevant engineering qualifications, desirable

• £46,000-£51,000 DOE
• Continental dayshift working pattern
• Modern, clean manufacturing environment
• Stable, long‑term career opportunity
• Supportive engineering team
• Ongoing training and development opportunities