Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Position: Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Permanent)
My Client is a leading food manufacturing business who are looking for a multiskilled maintenance engineer to join their team. THe role is for someone who is skilled and qualified in both electrical and mechanical maintenance and has worked previously in the food or FMCG industry.

Requirements:

• Qualified Multi-Skilled Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills.

• Time served apprenticeship, with appropriate mechanical and electrical capability (Depending on ‘core’ discipline) SVQ, or HNC.

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or FMCG environment (food production preferred).

• Skilled in planned maintenance, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis across mechanical and electrical systems.

• Competent with CMMS systems, ideally Mainsaver.

• Strong understanding of Food Safety, Health & Safety, and GMP.

• Hands-on, proactive, and able to work independently or as part of a team understanding team goals.

• Excellent communicator with clear, concise reporting and problem-solving skills

Resposibility

* Responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of production equipment, applying your electrical and mechanical skills to keep lines running efficiently.

* Your day-to-day work will involve ensuring compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety, and quality systems, as well as diagnosing faults, performing repairs, and identifying root causes.

* You’ll record all activity, duration, and materials in the CMMS system (Mainsaver) and manage engineering supplies to support ongoing maintenance needs.

* You will also identify and recommend improvements to machinery, production lines, and operational processes, while supporting projects, continuous improvement activity, and productivity initiatives.

* Maintaining high standards of housekeeping in line with GMP and supporting or coaching operators to develop basic asset care skills in their areas will also form part of your responsibilities.

* You will need to liaise with appropriate levels of staff to ensure effective communication regarding the resolution of all problems and issues to ensure appropriate escalation steps are implemented to allow, where necessary, appropriate decisions to be made.

* At times monitoring of contractors will be required to ensure their standard of work is acceptable and completed within agreed timescales