Maintenance Engineer

Contract Maintenance Engineer

Bedford, Bedfordshire

£35 per hour

2's and 3's Days and Nights

Factory Maintenance

We are currently recruiting for a Contract Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established and successful packaging manufacturer in Bedford. The Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for maintaining a wide range of automated production and packaging machinery, completing planned preventative maintenance and responding efficiently to electrical and mechanical breakdowns.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer who enjoys working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and wants to join a business that offers long-term stability, technical development and further career progression.

The Maintenance Engineer must hold a recognised electrical or mechanical engineering qualification.

The Maintenance Engineer must have previous maintenance experience within a manufacturing, production, packaging, FMCG or automated environment.

The Maintenance Engineer must be comfortable working a 2's and 3's days and nights shift pattern.

The Maintenance Engineer must have experience completing planned and reactive maintenance.

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance on production and packaging machinery.
• Responding quickly to electrical and mechanical breakdowns.
• Fault finding on motors, sensors, conveyors, bearings, chains, gearboxes and automated machinery.
• Identifying recurring faults and supporting continuous improvement projects.
• Working closely with production teams to reduce downtime and improve machine reliability.
• Completing maintenance records and ensuring all work is carried out safely.
• Supporting machinery installations, modifications and improvement projects.

• Experience working within the packaging, FMCG or manufacturing industry.
• Electrical fault-finding experience, including three-phase systems, control panels, inverters and PLC-controlled machinery.
• Mechanical experience working with bearings, belts, chains, gearboxes and pneumatic systems.
• Experience working with automated production lines, conveyors or packaging equipment.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join a stable and growing packaging manufacturer that continues to invest in its site, machinery and engineering team.