Maintenance Engineer

June 18, 2026
Urgent

Job Description

MULTI SKILLED MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer

Location: South Lanarkshire

Salary: Up to £50,000

Shift: Panama – 12 hour shifts (Days & Nights)

Sector: FMCG Factory Maintenance

We are offering a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a modern, high-tech FMCG manufacturing site in South Lanarkshire. The company has heavily invested in advanced automation, high-speed production lines, and continuous improvement initiatives, making it an excellent workplace for engineers seeking career development, technical growth, and future leadership opportunities.

Job Role of the Maintenance Engineer:

You will be responsible for carrying out both electrical and mechanical maintenance, fault finding, and planned preventative maintenance on a range of automated and semi automated production machinery, ensuring maximum uptime and efficiency in a fast paced FMCG environment. Working on a Pitman days and nights shift pattern, you will play a key role in reducing downtime, improving reliability, and supporting production performance across the site.

Non-Negotiable Requirements

  • Electrical maintenance experience within an industrial manufacturing or FMCG environment.
  • Hands on experience with pre planned, reactive and breakdown maintenance in a fast paced industrial factory.
  • Ability to work a Pitman days and nights shift pattern.

Requirements

  • Hands on electrical fault finding experience.
  • Recognised electrical engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent).
  • Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
  • Mechanical maintenance experience (motors, gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics and hydraulics).
  • Basic PLC fault finding experience advantageous.

Desirable Requirements

  • Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer in the UK.
  • Previous experience within FMCG, food, beverage or packaging environments.

Benefits

  • Working for a market leading manufacturing business.
  • Competitive salary up to £50,000.
  • Company benefits package including pension, life insurance.
  • Overtime opportunities.
  • Training and development opportunities.
  • Long term job security within a stable and growing organisation.

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