Job Description
Maintenance Engineer x2
Location: Site-Based
Salary: Up to 55,000 DOE + Shift Allowance (x1.3)
Shift Pattern: Continental Shifts – 6am-6pm
Holidays: 25 Days + Bank Holidays
The Role
We are recruiting for 2 Maintenance Engineers to join a busy food manufacturing operation. This is a hands-on engineering role working across a fast-paced production environment, supporting machinery uptime, fault finding, preventative maintenance, and continuous improvement activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Electrical and mechanical fault finding on production equipment
- Working on:
- Conveyors
- Freezers
- Pumps
- Motors
- Control Panels
- 3 Phase Motors
- PLC fault finding, primarily on Allen Bradley systems
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPMs)
- Responding to breakdowns and minimising downtime
- Supporting continuous improvement projects
- Ensuring all work is completed safely and to food manufacturing standards
Experience / Skills Required
- Previous maintenance engineering experience within manufacturing
- Experience with PLC fault finding (Allen Bradley advantageous)
- Electrical and mechanical engineering skills
- Strong fault-finding abilities across automated machinery
- Food manufacturing background advantageous
- Training & Progression
- PLC training provided
- Clear progression opportunities into in-house supervisory roles
- Supportive engineering structure with:
- 8 Engineers onsite
- Approximately 30 people on the shop floor
Package & Benefits
- Salary up to 55,000 DOE
- Shift allowance/overtime paid at x1.3
- NEST Pension
- Continental shift pattern
- Blocks of 4 shifts
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Long-term development and progression opportunities
