Maintenance Technician

Lead Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Location: West Sussex
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

About the Role

An established industrial manufacturing and processing business is seeking an experienced Lead Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team. This is a hands-on position combining maintenance expertise with leadership responsibilities, supporting the reliability and performance of a busy production facility.

Working within a fast-paced environment, you will play a key role in minimising downtime, driving preventative maintenance activities, and ensuring plant equipment operates safely and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive mechanical maintenance across site.
• Diagnose faults and implement effective repairs to minimise downtime.
• Lead by example, supporting and coordinating maintenance activities.
• Perform welding and fabrication tasks where required.
• Maintain conveyors, crushers, granulators, pumps, motors and associated plant equipment.
• Assist with continuous improvement projects and plant upgrades.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health and safety standards.
• Support shutdowns, inspections and preventative maintenance programmes.
• Complete maintenance records and reports accurately.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience in a mechanical maintenance role within manufacturing, production, recycling, processing or heavy industry.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience working on conveyors, machinery and industrial plant equipment.
• Welding and fabrication experience.
• The ability to work independently and lead maintenance activities when required.
• A proactive and safety-conscious approach.

Desirable

• Engineering apprenticeship or recognised mechanical qualification.
• Experience within recycling, waste management, aggregates, FMCG or process manufacturing environments.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary.
• Stable, long-term employment with an established organisation.
• Varied and hands-on engineering environment.
• Opportunity to influence maintenance performance and site improvements.
• Ongoing training and development.

If you are an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer looking to step into a lead position, or an established Lead Engineer seeking a fresh challenge, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Apply today for a confidential discussion.