Maintenance Engineers

Maintenance Engineers - Food Manufacturing

📍 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
💷 £40,000-£45,000 + Overtime
🕒 Rotating Days | 24 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

We are recruiting 1 x Multi-Skilled Mechanical Engineer and 1 x Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a specialist food manufacturing site in Chipping Norton. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a niche milling operation - the only one of its kind in the area - offering excellent training, long-term stability, and genuine progression into senior engineering roles.

You'll be joining a close-knit engineering team, currently 2 engineers strong, with plans to grow to 5+ engineers within the next 6-12 months, creating clear development pathways into leadership positions.

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Key Responsibilities

Planned and reactive maintenance across food production machinery

Reducing breakdowns through continuous improvement and proactive maintenance

Machinery installations and project work

Working on:

Separators, grinders, conveyors, elevators, washers, rollers, baggers

AC/DC motors, PLC-controlled equipment (Siemens), sensors, relays

Belts, chains, bearings, gearboxes

👨‍🔧 What We're Looking For

Time-served or apprentice-trained engineer

Minimum 3 years' hands-on engineering experience

Electrical role: 17th or 18th Edition qualification required

Food/FMCG manufacturing background preferred (but not essential)

Strong fault-finding ability and proactive mindset

🎓 Training & Progression

Full on-site training due to specialist machinery and processes

Progression into Senior Engineer roles as the team expands

💼 Package & Benefits

Multi-Skilled Mechanical: £40,000 (flexible for the right candidate)

Electrical Engineer: £45,000 (flexible for the right candidate)

Overtime paid at 1.25x weekdays / 1.5x weekends

Pension scheme

24 days holiday + bank holidays

Stable rotating day shifts

⏱ Shift Pattern

Week 1:
Monday-Thursday 07:00-15:00 & Saturday 07:00-13:00 (on-call)

Week 2:
Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00

📩 Apply now to join a growing engineering department in a stable, long-term food manufacturing business