Night Shift Electrical Bias Multi-Skilled Engineer

We're recruiting an Electrical Bias Multi-Skilled Engineer for a permanent night shift role within a leading Food FMCG manufacturing plant. This role is offering an excellent work-life balance with no weekend working and the opportunity to play a key role in maintaining a highly automated production environment.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring maximum equipment uptime through proactive maintenance, rapid fault finding and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across production and packaging equipment.
• Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns, diagnosing and repairing electrical and mechanical faults.
• Perform fault finding on PLC-controlled machinery (fault finding only – programming experience beneficial but not essential).
• Support continuous improvement projects to enhance reliability, efficiency and plant performance.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely and in accordance with food manufacturing standards.
• Complete maintenance records accurately using the site's CMMS.
• Work collaboratively with production teams to minimise downtime and maximise productivity.

About You

We're looking for an engineer who has:

• Recognised engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC/HND or equivalent).
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills with good mechanical knowledge.
• Previous experience within a Food, FMCG, Packaging, Pharmaceutical or high-speed manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with conveyors, motors, drives, sensors, pneumatics and automated production equipment.
• A proactive approach with excellent problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work independently on permanent night shifts.

What's on Offer

• £50,000 base + 15% Night Shift Allowance
• £57,500 salary 
• Monday to Friday night shifts only (22:00 – 06:00)
• Overtime opportunities
• Company pension
• Holiday allowance
• Training and development opportunities
• Long-term career progression within a growing FMCG business