Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Mars
📍 Melton Mowbray
💷 £50,900 - £56,900 (including shift allowances, DOE)
🎁 + £2,500 Welcome bonus, Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits
🕗 Shift pattern 12 Hrs - 7-7, 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off
🌟 Why Join Us?
At Melton, we're at the forefront of innovation in high-speed food processing, and we're searching for a talented Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join our team. This isn't just another job - it's your chance to make an impact, grow your expertise, and work with cutting-edge technology in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Cutting-Edge Tech: Work with advanced systems like ABB/Kuka robotics, Allen Bradley PLCs, and predictive maintenance tools.
Supportive Culture: Be part of a team that values innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
💼 The Role
Drive a reduction in repair times through effective problem solving and strong technical skills. Provide technical facilitation, training, and leadership to deliver solutions that reduce downtime, waste, quality issues, and safety risks.
⭐ What's in it for you?
- Welcome bonus paid in your first week's salary
- Hot food restaurant on site
- Career growth opportunities with structured development & Mars University
- Private healthcare + equal parental leave
- Generous pension (up to 9% contribution)
- Life assurance (4x salary)
- EV salary sacrifice scheme
- Gym membership & wellbeing support
- Annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 32 with service
- Free parking on site
✅ What We're Looking For
- Qualified to a minimum of Higher National Certificate or Higher National Diploma in a relevant engineering discipline, supported by practical experience
- Proven technical expertise within a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) environment.
- Strong problem-solving capability, with experience in root cause analysis of technical issues.
- Proficient in key systems and tools, including Microsoft Excel, PI Process Book, and SAP Planned Maintenance.
- Competent in risk assessment and change control processes, ensuring compliance and safe working practices.
- Experienced in leading root cause analysis and fault-finding investigations to drive sustainable improvements.
🔧 Key Responsibilities
- Ability to fault find and problem solve on a broad range of equipment in a variety of situations.
- Effective delivery of maintenance activities, to ensure smooth transition between maintenance and production availability of equipment.
- Take part in risk assessments and formulation of method statements to assist in safe undertaking of any activity.
- Identify parts for the purchasing of goods and services where these are necessary to conclude work.
- Fix breakdowns in a timely manner during their shift timeframe
- Level one problem solving including component failure analysis
- Detailed entry into Atlas of all breakdowns / known jobs.
🌍 What You Can Expect from Mars
- Work alongside 130,000+ Associates worldwide guided by our Five Principles
- Be part of a purpose-driven company shaping "the world we want tomorrow"
- Access world-class training & development from day one
- Join a company with an industry-leading salary and benefits package
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