Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Location:

Bury, St Edmunds. Contract role – 12 weeks rolling. Rate: £40 per hour (inside IR35 – umbrella company). Shift pattern:

• 1 week:
  Mon-Fri 1pm-9pm
• 1 week:
  Mon-Fri 6am-2pm
• 2 weeks:
  Mon-Fri 8am-4pm

On call 1 in 4.

We are recruiting for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join a leading animal feed manufacturing site on a contract basis. This role suits someone with a solid mechanical/electrical background and strong exposure to site services functions within a fast‑paced production environment.

• Carrying out mechanical and basic electrical maintenance on utilities and site service equipment.
• Fault finding.
• Ensuring all site services run safely, efficiently and comply with regulatory standards.
• Responding to both planned and reactive service issues.
• Supporting wider facilities activities across the site as needed.

• Proven experience in a site services, utilities, or facilities engineering role within food, FMCG, or industrial environments.
• Strong electrical skills and at least a Level 3 qualification.
• Comfortable conducting routine service checks and walkarounds.
• Ability to work independently and make safe, fast decisions in a live production environment.

• Understanding of food/FMCG/industrial manufacturing environments.
• Exposure to animal feed maintenance experience.
• 2391 Inspection & Testing.

This contract offers an immediate start, with the client ideally looking for someone to join within the next 1-2 weeks.

If you like the look of this Maintenance Engineer role, click and apply or, if you would like further information, please contact Saffron Giddings at Orion Electrotech Aylesbury.