Maintenance Engineer

Monday to Friday (6:00am-14:00pm, 14:00pm-10:00pm, 7:00am-15:30pm)

Company Overview

Our client is a well-established and growing food manufacturing business operating within a fast-paced production environment. They are seeking an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team and play a key role in maintaining production efficiency and site reliability.

Role Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to support the maintenance and continuous improvement of a highly automated production facility. Reporting into the Engineering function, you will be responsible for ensuring production machinery, plant equipment, and building services systems remain fully operational through both reactive and planned maintenance activities.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a fast-moving 24/7 manufacturing environment, demonstrating strong fault-finding capabilities across electrical, mechanical, and control systems while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive maintenance and breakdown repairs across production and site equipment.
• Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities in line with TPM schedules.
• Maintain and troubleshoot PLCs, inverter drives, HMIs, control circuits, and associated automation systems.
• Service and maintain conveyors, packaging machinery, weighers, wrapping equipment, gas flush systems, and associated production assets.
• Support the maintenance and operation of site building services, including refrigeration, HVAC, fire alarm and sprinkler systems, air handling units, and Building Management Systems (BMS).
• Ensure accurate maintenance records are completed and updated.
• Support compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental, and Company policies.
• Participate in continuous improvement, TPM, and lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with production and engineering teams to minimise downtime and improve plant performance.

Benefits

• 28 days holiday (incl bank holidays)
• Shift pattern 
• Company pension scheme
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Exposure to advanced manufacturing and automation systems.
• Opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement projects.
• Supportive team environment with opportunities for career progression.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ideally food, FMCG, packaging, or automotive.
• Strong electrical fault-finding experience on industrial machinery and control systems.
• Experience working with: PLCs and automation systems, Inverter drives and motor controls, HMIs and control interfaces, Three-phase electrical systems, DC control circuits and safety circuits
• Ability to read and interpret: Electrical schematics, Hydraulic diagrams, Pneumatic drawings, Mechanical engineering drawings
• Experience managing planned preventative maintenance programmes and TPM systems.
• Strong mechanical maintenance skills, including: Gearbox repairs, Motor repairs, Fabrication and welding, Basic plumbing
• Knowledge of building services systems and controls.
• Experience working with statutory compliance, health and safety procedures, and site maintenance standards.
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively and work independently when required.
• Strong problem-solving and fault-diagnosis skills.

Qualifications

• HNC in Engineering or equivalent recognised engineering qualification.
• IEE 17th or 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• IOSH or NEBOSH qualification (desirable)
• Food Safety qualification (desirable)

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