Careers at Sigma 3 Kitchens

Founded in 1975 with Head Office and Factories in Llantrisant and Bridgend, Sigma 3 Kitchens Ltd is a family-owned manufacturer, distributor and retailer of kitchens who are celebrating their 50th Anniversary in 2025. With a huge focus on quality of product and service to our customers, Sigma 3 are the most trusted UK retailer of kitchens according to Trustpilot, scoring 4.9 out of 5 from over 2,300 verified customer reviews.

As a business, we want to have market leading growth and profitability which we aim to reinvest back into the future of the Company. We want to achieve this by working hard, giving our customers the very best experience, enjoying what we do and being proud of what we have achieved.

Sigma 3 Business has embarked on a significant investment programme, to support strategic opportunities that will materially grow our market share over the next few years. With our people at the heart of what we do, investing in the development of existing teams as well as the recruitment of new talent into the organisation will be fundamental in taking the business to the level required to achieve our ambitions.

Job Purpose

Sigma 3 (Kitchens) Ltd – Established in 1975. Sigma 3/County Kitchens is a leading manufacturer and retailer of quality kitchens & bedrooms. Sigma 3 has 6 of its own Retail Showrooms across South Wales and England. We serve a large number of independent trade and builder accounts and pride ourselves in a quality product and a quality service. 

To strengthen and grow our Manufacturing team we are looking for an enthusiastic, Maintenance Technician with determination, ambition and self-motivation to support the drive for growth in our Manufacturing Division. We are a highly reputable and respected company, and are seeking a talented individual to join our friendly and professional team.

Key Tasks

Specific Tasks

• Respond immediately to equipment and machinery failure, conducting systematic, rigorous and accurate root cause analysis (fault finding)
• Carry out Preventative Maintenance Tasks as scheduled
• Determine cause of potential failures or performance deterioration and if possible complete remedial work or escalate to Maintenance Management with issue, cause and recommended solution
• Be aware of all incidents from other shifts and work with Operational Management to promptly implement solutions to prevent reoccurrence
• Ensure equipment is handed back to production in 100% safe condition
• Keep maintenance and breakdown records of all operational machinery
• Monitoring of spares levels and report when stocks are low
• Manage Statutory Equipment on site i.e. fire alarm, security systems
• Contribute to specific projects as assigned by Senior Management
• Be Heavily involved with machine setting and quality outputs

Quality

• Information/feedback – understand the need for documentation, its control and trace ability for all operational equipment
• Maintain good housekeeping working to the principles of, Good Engineering Practices, Lean Manufacturing , 5S and TQM
• Understand Root Cause Analysis and Corrective / Preventative Action (CAPA) system in problem solving
• Understand working parameters of machines and principles of Planned Preventative Maintenance, product specification conformity, QC checking / recording / reporting and traceability.
• Quality of finished Goods, Non Conformance and Completion Rates

Performance

• Understand the capability / capacity of the operations department processes
• Understanding of department targets and objectives.
• Capable of root cause analysis to predict and eliminate operational problems
• Utilization of Continuous Improvement Techniques at all times throughout Factory

Health & Safety

• Act on and monitor actions as instructed by Senior / Maintenance Manager.
• Monitor H&S actions, report faults to HSEQ Manager
• PPE compliance
• Conduct personal risk assessments prior to any maintenance work, ensuring hazard are mitigated to a safe level
• Ensure Compliance with all Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation

Personal Specification/Qualifications

• A qualification in engineering
• Fault finding knowledge on; motors / sensors / panel equipment / bearings / cylinders / valves
• Ability to read electrical / mechanical drawings and fault find from them
• A passion and willingness to ensure issues of machine breakdowns are dealt with swiftly and effectively with minimum machine downtime
• Be self-motivated, determined and enthusiastic.
• Have resilient personality and good communication skills to liaise with staff and management at all levels
• The ability to work on own initiative and with minimum supervision
• Computer literate (MS Office)
• Good organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines
• Attention to detail
• The ability to work as an integral part of the Manufacturing team

Rewards

• Competitive annual salary dependent on knowledge, skills and experience + overtime (rare opportunity for a days based maintenance role)
• Up to 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• The rare opportunity to work for the largest manufacturer of kitchens in Wales with an enviable reputation for quality and service built over 50 years of trading. We have exciting plans to take this well-established business to new levels.
• The opportunity to gain strong experience with a market leading name in South Wales.
• Company Pension
• PHI (this is an incapacity benefit)
• Life insurance
• Company Sick Pay
• Employee discount scheme
• Free on-site parking
• A discretionary performance-related bonus based on business objectives and Company profitability.

Closing Date 15th August 2025

Apply in writing with a CV to Geoff Moore, HR Manager or e-mail your application to g-moore@sigma3.co.uk