Job Title: Maintenance Engineer
Location: Newton Aycliffe
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000
Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Benefits:
- Competitive salary package
- Career progression opportunities
- Ongoing technical training & development
- Involvement in continuous improvement projects
- Collaborative engineering environment
- Exposure to cutting-edge automated manufacturing technology
- Pension & holiday allowance
- Employee wellbeing support
Working Hours: Day Shift, Monday to Friday
The Role.
The role is designed to sit between the maintenance and engineering functions, supporting both reactive and planned activity, with a clear focus on improving reliability across the site.
Working on a day shift, the successful candidates will play a key part in moving the business away from a reactive maintenance model towards a more structured, preventative approach.
Key Responsibilities
- Fault finding and repair of manufacturing equipment
- Identifying root causes of repeat issues and implementing long-term solutions
- Supporting and improving planned preventative maintenance (PPM)
- Working closely with production to minimise downtime impact
- Contributing to continuous improvement across machinery and processes
- Supporting a shift towards a more proactive maintenance culture
Candidate Profile
Candidates will come from a manufacturing or industrial background and be comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment.
Key requirements include:
- Multi-skilled maintenance experience (electrical bias preferred)
- Strong fault-finding and diagnostic ability
- Experience or exposure to planned preventative maintenance
- A proactive approach and willingness to take ownership
- Good communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Ideally Degree qualified or relevant qualification
Those with experience improving processes, reducing downtime, or supporting engineering-led improvements will be particularly well suited.
About the Business
Senstronics is a global manufacturer of pressure sensing technology, supplying into automotive and industrial markets. The Newton Aycliffe site operates in a high-spec, quality-driven environment and is continuing to expand its output capabilities.
Having previously won ‘Company of the Year’ they put a big emphasis on culture and their people
This is a business focused on continuous improvement, with clear investment plans and a strong emphasis on operational performance.
What’s on Offer
- Day shift working pattern
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunity to contribute to meaningful operational improvements
- Long-term stability within a growing manufacturing business
- Scope to develop into more engineering or improvement-focused roles
