Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Cranbrook ,Kent

Salary: Up to £45,000 per Annam

Shift: Monday to Friday, 2pm-10pm - no weekends

Sector: Food Manufacturing

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established food manufacturing business based in Cranbrook; Kent. This is a permanent, full-time position working a Monday to Friday late shift, offering an excellent opportunity for a mechanically biased engineer to play a key role in keeping production machinery running efficiently and reliably.

The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out planned and reactive mechanical maintenance across a busy food production environment, ensuring equipment is maintained to a high standard, downtime is minimised and health and safety standards are consistently upheld.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose mechanical faults on production machinery and carry out effective repairs.
• Perform planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance across factory equipment.
• Maintain, clean and service production machinery to support optimum performance.
• Support the Maintenance Manager with machinery, building and general site upkeep.
• Ensure internal and external areas of the site are maintained to a high standard.
• Maintain a clean, safe and organised engineering workshop.
• Complete maintenance records, reports and documentation accurately.
• Follow site health and safety procedures at all times.
• Undertake training and development activities as required.

Requirements

• Relevant mechanical engineering qualification.
• Minimum 5 years' hands-on mechanical engineering experience.
• Strong fault-finding, repair and maintenance skills on production machinery.
• Previous experience within food manufacturing, FMCG or a similar production environment would be beneficial.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a maintenance team.
• Good understanding of health and safety within a manufacturing environment.
• Reliable, proactive and committed to maintaining high engineering standards.

Package

• Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum
• Shift: Monday to Friday, 2pm-10pm
• No weekend work
• Free on-site parking
• Discounted/free food
• Permanent, full-time opportunity

This role would suit an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer looking for a stable Monday to Friday position within a busy food manufacturing environment, where reliability, quality and continuous production are key priorities.