Multi-Skilled Engineer

Contract Multi‑skilled Engineer

Location: Scotland (Perth area)

Duration: 3‑6 months (initial)

Rate: £38 per hour – Outside IR35

My client, a successful food manufacturer, is seeking a number of Multi‑skilled Engineer contractors to join their engineering team for an initial 3‑6 months. They require both electrical and mechanical bias engineers.

• Maintain and enhance the performance of plant and equipment (both reactive and planned preventive maintenance)
• Establish root cause analysis throughout the factory
• Carry out short and long‑term fixes across all breakdowns
• Plan and complete all allocated PPMs within the set timeframe
• Provide a high‑quality engineering service to both engineering and production teams
• Ensure engineering downtime is accurately logged, monitor repair times, and find new methods or procedures to reduce them
• Train production staff

• Engineer with a background in the food, FMCG, or manufacturing industry and good experience carrying out PPMs
• Ideally multiskilled
• Strong mechanical understanding and appreciation
• Passion for reliability and improvements – full training offered; required is an interest to develop in the field
• Experience with CMMS