Contract Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Contract Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

3 Month Contract with extension options | Food Manufacturing
£30–£40 per hour

When production stops, everything stops.

We’re supporting a well-established food manufacturing site that needs an experienced Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to step in and keep operations running smoothly during a critical period.

This is a 3 month contract with the potential to extend — ideal for an engineer who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

The Role as Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

You’ll be working on high-speed production and packaging lines, ensuring minimal downtime and supporting both reactive and planned maintenance.

Day to day, you’ll be:

• Responding to breakdowns and carrying out effective electrical fault finding
• Supporting PPM schedules across automated production equipment
• Working on fast-moving production lines where uptime is critical
• Troubleshooting PLC-controlled machinery
• Collaborating with the existing engineering team to maintain output

The Environment

• High-volume food manufacturing / FMCG
• Fast-paced, breakdown-critical production
• Modern automated machinery and packaging lines

What We’re Looking For

• Strong electrical bias with solid mechanical understanding
• Proven experience in food manufacturing or FMCG
• Confidence working on equipment such as:
  • Conveyors
  • Packaging machinery (e.g. Multivac)
  • Checkweighers / metal detectors
• PLC fault finding experience  
• Ability to work independently from day one

Interested?

Please submit your CV for immediate consideration.

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