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Salary: Competitive + Benefits + Overtime Opportunities

Shift Pattern: Roating Shifts 04:00am -12:30pm / 12pm - 20:30pm

Contract: Full-Time, Permanent

The Opportunity

We are currently recruiting for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a market-leading food manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer to play a key role in ensuring maximum plant performance, equipment reliability and continuous improvement across a fast-paced production environment.

Working as part of a highly skilled engineering team, you will be responsible for planned preventative maintenance, reactive breakdown support, equipment upgrades and continuous improvement initiatives, helping to drive operational excellence and world-class asset performance.

Key Responsibilities

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will:

• Carry out planned preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance across production machinery and site services.
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults to minimise downtime.
• Support installation, commissioning, refurbishment and upgrade projects.
• Work across both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reliability, efficiency, safety and product quality.
• Utilise and maintain the CMMS system to ensure accurate maintenance records and asset performance tracking.
• Perform statutory inspections and safety checks as required.
• Liaise with suppliers and contractors regarding equipment performance and maintenance requirements.
• Update and maintain engineering documentation, electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
• Participate in project teams focused on improving plant design, production processes and operational efficiency.
• Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Environmental standards at all times.
• Support permit-to-work systems, isolation procedures and lock-off processes.
• Share knowledge and provide coaching or training support where appropriate.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• HNC qualification in Engineering or equivalent multi-skilled engineering qualification.
• Minimum 5 years' experience within a manufacturing or production engineering environment.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills.
• Experience working with preventative maintenance systems and CMMS.
• Knowledge of health & safety legislation and engineering best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across departments.
• Flexible approach with the ability to prioritise workloads in a fast-moving environment.
• Previous food manufacturing experience.
• Coaching, mentoring or Train-the-Trainer experience.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of modern maintenance philosophies and reliability engineering.

What You'll Bring

We're looking for a proactive engineer who can:

• Make sound decisions under pressure.
• Take ownership of engineering challenges and deliver solutions.
• Work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve plant performance.
• Maintain exceptionally high standards of safety, quality and workmanship.

What's On Offer

• Competitive salary package.
• Career development and ongoing training opportunities.
• Opportunity to work with modern manufacturing technology.
• Supportive team environment.
• Chance to contribute to continuous improvement and major engineering projects.
• Long-term career progression within a successful and growing business.

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