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This is an opportunity to work with leading industrial and manufacturing companies, helping them optimise their technical installations, improve maintenance strategies and increase operational performance.\n\nYou will take on an advisory and engineering-focused role, developing maintenance concepts, improving maintenance management systems and translating technical challenges into practical solutions. Working closely with on-site maintenance teams, you will contribute to improving equipment reliability, safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness across industrial production environments.\n\nFull relocation support and visa sponsorship are available for eligible candidates.\n\nDuties & Responsibilities\nThe Role\n\nAs a Maintenance Engineer, you will focus on improving the performance, reliability and efficiency of technical installations within industrial and manufacturing environments. You will work closely with clients and their maintenance teams to develop effective maintenance strategies, optimise existing processes and implement sustainable technical improvements.\n\nYour responsibilities will include:\n\n Develop and implement maintenance concepts, strategies and technical maintenance policies.\n\n Analyse existing maintenance management systems and processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimisation.\n\n Conduct Root Cause Analyses (RCA) to identify the underlying causes of equipment failures and recurring technical issues.\n\n Perform FMECA assessments to evaluate equipment failure modes, their effects and associated risks.\n\n Translate client requirements and technical challenges into clear, practical engineering solutions.\n\n Work closely with on-site maintenance teams to implement and embed maintenance improvements.\n\n Improve equipment availability, reliability, safety and overall operational efficiency.\n\n Identify opportunities to 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