Senior Maintenance Engineer
Location: Caerphilly
Contract: Permanent
We are currently working with a client based in Caerphilly, who are looking for a skilled maintenance fitter that can provide preventative maintenance and help with mechanical breakdown service on machinery on-site.
- This role operates on a day shift, working 37.5 hours a week.
- Working hours are Monday to Friday.
- You may need to support with breakdowns or emergency call outs when necessary.
- As you will be the senior within the mechanical team, you will be expected to step in and cover the maintenance manager when absent.
Preventative maintenance will include:
- Transmission belt inspection, tensioning and changing,
- Inspection of bearings and couplings, alignment checking.
- Installation and maintenance of rotating equipment including pumps, refiners, paper machine rolls, agitators, fans.
- Removal and fitting of bearings and couplings.
- Repair and maintenance of all types of seals and packing's.
- Turning, milling and grinding of components.
- General fabrication work.
- Rigging and lifting of heavy equipment.
- Fault finding on, and repair of Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems.
- Repair of compressors and other ancillary equipment.
Role Responsibilities - Senior Maintenance Engineer
- Lead, organise, and support the maintenance team to ensure smooth plant operations and minimal downtime.
- Manage maintenance and reliability programmes, ensuring work is completed safely, on time, and within budget.
- Continuously improve engineering standards, safety, environmental performance, and overall equipment reliability.
- Respond quickly and effectively to breakdowns, balancing safety, operational, and financial considerations.
- Allocate engineering resources and materials to meet operational and maintenance requirements.
- Plan and schedule maintenance activities to meet production, quality, and legal standards.
- Provide technical support to production and maintenance teams.
- Maintain high safety standards, ensuring all work follows safe systems, permits, and process safety rules.
- Control maintenance spending on labour, materials, and spare parts within the agreed MRO budget.
- Support capital and maintenance projects from design to implementation.
- Develop daily maintenance plans based on operational reviews and coordinate cross-functional resources to deliver them.
- Lead root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and contribute to reliability improvement initiatives (e.g. FMEA).
- Track and report KPIs (downtime, MTBF, MTTR, shutdown performance, safety) and implement corrective actions when targets are not met.
- Ensure accurate reporting of breakdowns and maintenance history to meet statutory obligations.
- Promote good team relations, manage performance, and encourage continuous improvement and skill development.
- Develop and train team members to ensure coverage, capability, and succession within the department.
An ideal candidate for the Sr Mechanical Maintenance role would have:
- 5 years' experience in either a supervisory or technical role and must hold one of the following qualifications
- Mechanical Engineering Degree or equivalent HND or HNC
- Will have a strong technical knowledge of mechanical maintenance and engineering principles.
- Should have a sound knowledge of accounting, stores and purchasing systems.
- Good working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and the application of continuous process environment.
- Highly proficient knowledge of SAP maintenance system.
For more information on this role, please contact Jules Bujalska on 01453 852541 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]
Omega Resource Group is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.
Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors.

