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About this Senior Mechanical Technician role at Essity

Essity · Onsite · Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Ready to lead with purpose and precision? Do you want to drive maintenance excellence and empower your team to innovate for good? Are you passionate about creating safer, more efficient operations?
Join us at Essity and help shape the future of mechanical reliability at Prudhoe.

About the Role

As Senior Mechanical Technician in the days team at Prudhoe, you’ll lead defined maintenance activities with a focus on mechanical systems. You’ll be accountable for the performance and reliability of machinery through preventative and predictive maintenance strategies. This hands-on role is central to our ambition of zero breakdowns and zero stops, and will contribute to both short-term performance and long-term asset development.

What You Will Do

  • Maintenance Leadership: Manage and plan mechanical work on site, ensuring alignment with safety, quality, and legal standards
  • Technical Support: Coach and support operational colleagues in resolving mechanical issues and improving machine reliability
  • Performance Management: Own mechanical maintenance KPIs and drive continuous improvement to meet departmental objectives
  • System Oversight: Manage mechanical work through SAP (CMMS), ensuring accurate planning, execution, and documentation
  • Contractor Management: Oversee mechanical contractors and uphold high standards of work, including quality audits and commissioning
  • Team Development: Lead and mentor junior technicians, fostering skill development and capability growth
  • Workshop Excellence: Maintain workshop standards and ensure permit control and health & safety adherence

Who You Are

  • Completed a recognised multi-skilled or mechanical engineering apprenticeship, ideally with City & Guilds or NVQ Level 3
  • Proven mechanical experience in heavy industry, manufacturing, or process environments
  • Strong troubleshooting skills and experience maintaining complex automated manufacturing systems, including large rotating equipment and hydraulics
  • Skilled in planning, mentoring, and problem-solving, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and timelines
  • Experience using SAP for maintenance planning and execution

What We Can Offer You

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.
Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You with Us

More About Prudhoe

Located in Northumberland, Prudhoe is home to one of Essity’s key manufacturing sites in the UK. The site plays a vital role in producing essential hygiene products and offers a dynamic, team-oriented environment where safety and innovation are at the heart of everything we do.

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Application End Date:

30 Dec 2026

Job Requisition ID:

Essity258005
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About Essity

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Our expertise began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day. Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. We innovate for good to break barriers and contribute to shaping a healthier future. At Essity, we have a people-first approach where every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their

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