Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer (Electrical bias), £55,000, Daventry, Northamptonshire, Days 8:30am till 5pm.

Bi-annual company bonus scheme. 20 days holiday, all bank holidays off and a 2-week shut down over Xmas. Limited overtime available at 1.25 and 1.5.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a maintenance engineer to join a large, well-invested food manufacturing site. This is a high-performing facility with state-of-the-art machinery and an experienced engineering team. You’ll benefit from an excellent rota that allows for weekends off and no night shifts while earning a strong base salary.

The Role

As a maintenance engineer, you’ll work with a range of machinery including:

Large mixers, filling machines and slicers
Ovens, chillers and extruders
Flow wrappers, ultra sonic cutters and shrink wrappers etc.
Your focus will be 50% reactive and 50% PPM, using a tablet system for job tracking. This role places a strong emphasis on both electrical and mechanical maintenance and repair. You’ll need to be confident working with hydraulics, pneumatics, gearboxes, motors, bearings, shafts, chains, sensors, and control panels etc. Experience fault finding via PLC is also needed.

The Person We’re Looking For

To succeed in this role as a maintenance engineer, you’ll need:

A strong background in maintenance within FMCG manufacturing environments
Experience working on both mechanical and electrical components whilst abiding to H&S regulations
Confidence with strip-downs, rebuilds, and reactive maintenance
An NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent qualification in engineering. An apprenticeship is of preference
A proactive attitude and team player
This is an ideal role for a maintenance engineer who wants to develop their career in a stable, well-backed facility with real progression and training opportunities.

Why apply?

Joining our client, you will be joining a business that place emphasis on training, development and progression of their engineers. The company has 4 sites across the UK. The site in West Northamptonshire is one of their most established and an important cog in the company wheel, it’s a large profit contributor providing extreme job security.

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