Mechanical Engineer
Job Location:
Monthly Salary:
Experience Required:
Posted on:
5 hours ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Role: Mechanical Engineer 18-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 16:30
Location: Outskirts of Maidstone
Contract Type: Full-time 18-Month Fixed-Term Contract
5000 completion bonus
KHR is partnering with a leading international manufacturing organisation to recruit an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join their Reliability team on an 18-month fixed-term contract. As the Mechanical Engineer this is an excellent opportunity for a proactive engineering professional to play a pivotal role in improving asset reliability developing maintenance strategies mechanical maintenance and driving continuous improvement across a complex manufacturing environment.
The Mechanical Engineer will work closely with both Engineering and Operations teams enhancing equipment performance through preventative/predictive maintenance leading root cause investigations and implementing reliability improvements that maximise plant availability efficiency and safety.
Key Mechanical Engineer Responsibilities:
- Develop review and optimise preventative and predictive maintenance programmes to improve equipment reliability.
- Lead root cause investigations into recurring equipment failures ensuring corrective actions are implemented and tracked to completion.
- Step in for the plant Mechanical Engineer when needed
- Coordinate condition monitoring activities including vibration analysis oil analysis thermal imaging and lubrication programmes.
- Work collaboratively with maintenance planning teams to ensure maintenance schedules spare parts and Bills of Materials are accurate and effective.
- Carry out equipment criticality assessments and use findings to develop appropriate maintenance strategies.
- Identify and deliver engineering improvement projects that enhance reliability safety and operational performance.
- Analyse equipment performance data using SAP PM and other maintenance systems to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Maintain engineering standards technical documentation and maintenance procedures in line with company and ISO requirements.
- Support Management of Change (MoC) activities engineering risk assessments and safe systems of work.
- Provide technical support during planned shutdowns and assist with resolving complex equipment issues.
- Participate in the engineering on-call rota to support critical plant requirements.
What Were Looking For
- HNC in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Proven experience in a Mechanical Engineer or Reliability Engineer or similar engineering role within a manufacturing or process environment.
- Strong knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance techniques.
- Experience leading Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) FMEA or other structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Familiarity with condition monitoring techniques including vibration analysis lubrication management oil analysis or thermal imaging.
- Experience using SAP PM or another Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Strong analytical organisational and communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
- Good understanding of engineering standards risk assessments and health and safety legislation.
On top of a competitive base salary you will receive a 5000 completion bonus an enhanced company pension holiday allowance and other benefits including full access to onsite facilities (gym and canteen).
At KHR we take care to ensure that you are represented as well as possible so it is worth checking your CV for layout spelling and grammar as well as making sure it is up to date before you submit. If you feel you need to highlight particular qualifications skills or relevant experience with regards to a specific role then please add a cover letter or a preface page. This does not need to be formatted in the same addition if your CV is heavy with graphics etc please could you also submit a clean copy in Word. Thank you.
KH Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. KHR - Recruitment Specialists is a trading name of KH Recruitment Ltd. Keep in touch with us online for job alerts industry updates and market trends
![]()
Hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 16:30
Location: Outskirts of Maidstone
Contract Type: Full-time 18-Month Fixed-Term Contract
5000 completion bonus
KHR is partnering with a leading international manufacturing organisation to recruit an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join their Reliability team on an 18-month fixed-term contract. As the Mechanical Engineer this is an excellent opportunity for a proactive engineering professional to play a pivotal role in improving asset reliability developing maintenance strategies mechanical maintenance and driving continuous improvement across a complex manufacturing environment.
The Mechanical Engineer will work closely with both Engineering and Operations teams enhancing equipment performance through preventative/predictive maintenance leading root cause investigations and implementing reliability improvements that maximise plant availability efficiency and safety.
Key Mechanical Engineer Responsibilities:
- Develop review and optimise preventative and predictive maintenance programmes to improve equipment reliability.
- Lead root cause investigations into recurring equipment failures ensuring corrective actions are implemented and tracked to completion.
- Step in for the plant Mechanical Engineer when needed
- Coordinate condition monitoring activities including vibration analysis oil analysis thermal imaging and lubrication programmes.
- Work collaboratively with maintenance planning teams to ensure maintenance schedules spare parts and Bills of Materials are accurate and effective.
- Carry out equipment criticality assessments and use findings to develop appropriate maintenance strategies.
- Identify and deliver engineering improvement projects that enhance reliability safety and operational performance.
- Analyse equipment performance data using SAP PM and other maintenance systems to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Maintain engineering standards technical documentation and maintenance procedures in line with company and ISO requirements.
- Support Management of Change (MoC) activities engineering risk assessments and safe systems of work.
- Provide technical support during planned shutdowns and assist with resolving complex equipment issues.
- Participate in the engineering on-call rota to support critical plant requirements.
What Were Looking For
- HNC in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Proven experience in a Mechanical Engineer or Reliability Engineer or similar engineering role within a manufacturing or process environment.
- Strong knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance techniques.
- Experience leading Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) FMEA or other structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Familiarity with condition monitoring techniques including vibration analysis lubrication management oil analysis or thermal imaging.
- Experience using SAP PM or another Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Strong analytical organisational and communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
- Good understanding of engineering standards risk assessments and health and safety legislation.
On top of a competitive base salary you will receive a 5000 completion bonus an enhanced company pension holiday allowance and other benefits including full access to onsite facilities (gym and canteen).
At KHR we take care to ensure that you are represented as well as possible so it is worth checking your CV for layout spelling and grammar as well as making sure it is up to date before you submit. If you feel you need to highlight particular qualifications skills or relevant experience with regards to a specific role then please add a cover letter or a preface page. This does not need to be formatted in the same addition if your CV is heavy with graphics etc please could you also submit a clean copy in Word. Thank you.
KH Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. KHR - Recruitment Specialists is a trading name of KH Recruitment Ltd. Keep in touch with us online for job alerts industry updates and market trends
Required Skills:
Reliability engineer mechanical lubrication Continuous Improvement CI
Key Skills
- Reliability engineer
- mechanical
- lubrication
- Continuous Improvement
- CI
About Company
KHR - Recruitment Specialists
8 employees
KHR is an award-winning, independent, recruitment consultancy, established in 1998. Based in Kent, our team of professional, friendly recruiters offers a ‘belt and braces’ solution to your recruitment needs by using search and selection recruitment techniques hand in hand ... View more
