Maintenance Engineer

Refresco Kegworth, England, United Kingdom

Are you a skilled Maintenance Engineer looking for an exciting opportunity in a fast-paced drinks manufacturing environment? Join our team and play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our production lines. You’ll be responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting state-of-the-art machinery, minimizing downtime, and implementing proactive maintenance strategies to maximize efficiency.

Salary – £57,800

Shift pattern – 3 on 3 off, 12‑hour shifts, 6‑6 (rotating days and nights)

• Manufacturer training
• Career development planning
• Supportive team of engineers/engineering managers
• Life assurance
• Enhanced holiday allowance
• Free online medical support
• Premium overtime rate (1.5x of your basic salary)
• Access to employee benefits platform – Cheers which includes flexible benefits such as healthcare plans, dental plans, car schemes, activities pass and much more!
• State‑of‑the‑art facility with lots of variety

Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. We offer an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass. Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand.

Our drinks are on every table – that’s the Refresco vision. We produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and are only just getting started.

Maintenance Engineer – Kegworth, Derbyshire

• Work closely with the Engineering Team Leader to deliver a high‑quality engineering service.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults rapidly.
• Complete a full range of maintenance activities across the entire installed asset base within your work area.
• Continuously improve performance to deliver site efficiency and performance standards.
• Get involved with factory improvement projects.

• Minimum Level 3 engineering qualification or time‑served.
• Multi‑skilled background – experience with processing equipment such as pipework, pumps, silos, turning equipment.
• Confident in proposing new ideas and suggestions.
• Accurate and detail‑oriented in daily tasks and duties.
• Experience fault‑finding in panels, sensors, relays, inverters, drives, motors, pumps, pneumatics, and pipework.

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Food and Beverage Services

We welcome applications from individuals from all different backgrounds and are committed to promoting fair participation and equality of opportunity for all of our job applicants.