Maintenance Engineer

Overview

As a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will maintain and improve production equipment in a fast-paced FMCG environment, balancing planned and reactive maintenance to maximise uptime. You’ll diagnose electrical and mechanical faults, support line performance, and contribute to continuous improvement with operations and engineering teams. The role includes rotating 12-hour day/night shifts and occasional weekend work, with leadership during out-of-hours and site duty responsibility. This is a hands-on role in a company that prioritises people, equipment and innovation.

Pay / Benefits

• £40,000 - £45,000 basic salary
• £3,500 shift allowance
• Up to 8% annual bonus
• Company pension
• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance? (explicitly mentioned)

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on production machinery and site equipment
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults
• Support production teams in minimising downtime and maximising line performance
• Investigate recurring equipment issues and support root cause analysis activities
• Ensure maintenance records and work completed are accurately documented
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to improve reliability and performance
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing facility
• Provide effective communication and handovers between shifts
• Act as Site Duty Manager when required
• Demonstrate leadership and ownership during out-of-hours operational periods

Key requirements

• Electrical qualification and/or strong electrical maintenance experience
• Ability to carry out electrical fault finding on systems up to 415V
• Previous manufacturing or FMCG maintenance engineering experience
• Strong mechanical maintenance and troubleshooting skills
• Comfortable working a rotating day and night shift pattern
• Excellent problem-solving and diagnostic abilities
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions under pressure
• UK-based with the right to work in the UK
• Ideally you will hold one of the following: Engineering Apprenticeship/NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance or equivalent/BTEC Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification/Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualification

• Effective communication
• Problem-solving
• Leadership and ownership
• Electrical fault finding up to 415V
• Mechanical maintenance and troubleshooting
• Root cause analysis support

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