Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

We are recruiting for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join a busy food manufacturing site in Eye, Suffolk.

The site processes chicken products for major customers including KFC, Nando's and supermarket own-brand ranges. This is a slaughterhouse and food production environment, so applicants must be comfortable working in this type of setting.

The role has become available because the previous engineer was promoted into a Health & Safety Manager position, showing that the business offers genuine progression and internal development.

The Role

As a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for planned and reactive maintenance across the production site.

You will work on a wide range of machinery including slicers, conveyors, overhead lines, Proseal packing machines, vacuum sealers, Multivac vacuum packers, gas flushers, bagging machines, metal detectors, Digi, Ravenwood and Herma labellers, sprockets, bearings, control circuits and general food production machinery.

You will be working on shift with two other engineers, helping to keep production running efficiently and reducing downtime across the site.

Skills and Experience Required

Mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial environment
Strong mechanical fault-finding and repair skills
Experience working on production or manufacturing machinery
Confident working with breakdowns, planned maintenance, bearings, sprockets, conveyors and packing machinery
Comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment
Must be comfortable working in a slaughterhouse environment