Maintenance Engineer

Permanent Nights Continental Shift Pattern (flexible) Average 42 hours per week\n\nCompany Overview\n\nOur client is a well-established food manufacturing business with a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and investment in both people and equipment. Operating from a modern production facility, they supply a range of products to major customers across the UK and continue to invest in their engineering function to support future growth.\n\nDue to continued expansion, they are now looking to recruit a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer to join their night shift engineering team.\n\nRole Overview\n\nAs a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability and performance of a highly automated manufacturing facility. Working within a fast-paced production environment, you will be responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance activities across a range of processing and packaging equipment.\n\nThis position would suit an engineer with strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding abilities who enjoys working autonomously while contributing to wider continuous improvement initiatives.\n\nExperience with PLCs, inverters, and automated production equipment would be highly advantageous.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\n * Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities across site equipment.\n\n * Respond quickly and effectively to equipment breakdowns, diagnosing and resolving faults to minimise downtime.\n\n * Conduct both mechanical and electrical repairs on production machinery.\n\n * Support continuous improvement and equipment reliability projects.\n\n * Update maintenance records and ensure all work is accurately recorded within the CMMS system.\n\n * Work closely with production teams to maximise equipment availability and operational performance.\n\n * Assist with the installation, commissioning, and optimisation of new machinery and equipment.\n\n * Support and oversee external contractors when required.\n\n * Ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely and in line with site procedures.\n\n * Contribute to maintaining high engineering and housekeeping standards across the facility.\n\nRequirements\n\n * Recognised Engineering Qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, Apprenticeship or equivalent) in Electrical, Mechanical or Multi-Skilled Engineering.\n\n * Previous experience within a manufacturing, food production, FMCG, packaging, or automated production environment.\n\n * Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills.\n\n * Experience working with PLC-controlled machinery and inverters would be beneficial.\n\n * Knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance planning software.\n\n * Good IT skills including Microsoft Office applications.\n\n * 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification is advantageous.\n\n * IPAF licence desirable (training can be provided if required).\n\nWhat's on Offer\n\n * Permanent night shift position.\n\n * Competitive salary and benefits package.\n\n * Opportunity to join a stable and growing manufacturing business.\n\n * Ongoing training and development opportunities.\n\n * A varied and technically challenging engineering role within a modern production environment.\n\nApply Here