Maintenance Engineer

Salary: GBP
18.49 - GBP
25.88 per hour

Job Title: Shift Maintenance Engineer

Location: Beaminster

Pay Rate: £18.49 per hour + 40% shift premium (£25.88 per hour)

Contract Type: Temporary to Permanent

Hours: 07:00–19:00 and 19:00–07:00, working a 4, 5, 5 rolling shift pattern

HRGO Recruitment are recruiting for a Shift Maintenance Engineer to join a busy food manufacturing operation. This is a temporary to permanent opportunity, offering long-term stability and development for the right candidate.

As a Shift Maintenance Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and continuous operation of production machinery, utilities, and engineering systems across the site. You will be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance, troubleshooting breakdowns and helping to minimise production downtime.

Working as part of the Engineering team, you will respond quickly to machinery breakdowns, carry out preventative maintenance, monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency and productivity.

Food safety, quality and health & safety are central to the role, and all engineering activities must be carried out in line with site standards and procedures.

• Respond quickly and effectively to plant breakdowns, faults and quality issues
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance in line with the agreed schedule
• Complete both planned and reactive maintenance records using the CMMS
• Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical faults to minimise production downtime
• Monitor plant and equipment condition to identify and prevent potential failures
• Ensure all machinery, facilities and utilities are maintained in a safe condition
• Support the achievement of food safety and quality standards
• Complete preventative maintenance tasks on time and within agreed costs
• Support internal hygiene audits and contribute to continuous improvement
• Work with the Engineering Manager and wider team on engineering and improvement projects
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment productivity, efficiency and energy usage
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping within the engineering workshop
• Ensure site facilities and utilities remain electrically and mechanically safe
• Manage contractors and follow Permit to Work procedures where required
• Ensure compliance with IFS and Organic Certification standards
• Follow all food safety, quality and health & safety procedures
• Work collaboratively with production and engineering teams to support operational requirements
• Undertake any other reasonable duties required by the business

• Time-served apprenticeship and/or NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance
• Minimum 2 years' engineering experience within a production or manufacturing environment
• Multi-skilled engineering experience
• Strong mechanical maintenance and fabrication skills
• Experience of both planned and reactive maintenance
• Experience using planned maintenance systems/CMMS
• Strong problem-solving skills with a logical and structured approach
• Experience with in a high-volume manufacturing environment
• Knowledge or experience of Continuous Improvement or Lean methodologies
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues across Engineering and Production
• Proactive, reliable and able to take personal responsibility
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and respond to breakdowns quickly
• Experience with in FMCG or food manufacturing
• Knowledge of IFS and food safety standards
• Experience working with production and packing equipment
• Knowledge of food manufacturing operations
• Experience working within a shift-based production environment
• Experience of continuous improvement initiatives

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