Engineer, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic

NWF Agriculture are keen to appoint an experienced engineer to provide support to our night shift operations across our Wardle site. Responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient operation of all feed manufacturing, processing, handling, and packaging equipment within the animal feed mill. You would be responsible for carrying out both planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown repairs, with a strong electrical bias while maintaining the mechanical skills necessary to support all production assets.

The successful candidate will play a key role in maximising plant reliability, minimising downtime, maintaining feed safety standards, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the site., Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities on all feed mill equipment in accordance with maintenance schedules.

• Respond quickly and effectively to breakdowns to minimise production downtime.
• Diagnose and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic faults.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent recurring failures.
• Support the installation, commissioning, and modification of plant equipment.
• Participate in continuous improvement projects to improve plant reliability, efficiency, and safety.
• Assist in maintaining critical spare parts inventory and reporting component requirements.

• Fault find and repair electrical systems, including motors, drives, sensors, contractors, relays, switch gear, and control panels.
• Maintain and troubleshoot PLC-controlled production systems.
• Diagnose faults on inverter drives, motor control centers (MCCs), weighing systems, and automated material handling equipment.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics and engineering drawings.
• Support electrical installation projects and equipment upgrades.

• Maintain and repair feed mill equipment including hammer mills, pellet presses, mixers, conveyors, bucket elevators, augers, rotary valves, bagging equipment, dust extraction systems, and compressed air systems.
• Carry out bearing replacement, gearbox maintenance, alignment, welding repairs, and mechanical overhauls.
• Lubricate and maintain rotating equipment in accordance with engineering schedules.

• Ensure engineering activities comply with feed safety, quality assurance, and traceability standards.
• Work in accordance with, UFAS, FEMAS, and site‑specific feed safety requirements.
• Prevent product contamination through good engineering practices and housekeeping standards.

• Follow all Health & Safety policies and procedures.
• Operate within permit‑to‑work and Lock Out/Tag Out (LOTO) systems.
• Maintain excellent housekeeping standards throughout engineering and production areas.

• Accurately record all maintenance activities.
• Complete detailed shift handovers and communicate equipment status clearly.
• Liaise effectively with production and management teams.

• NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, BTEC or equivalent qualification in multi-skilled maintenance engineering or similar.
• Proven maintenance engineering experience within manufacturing, feed milling, agricultural, FMCG, grain handling, Food production or process industries.
• Strong electrical fault‑finding skills.
• Experience working with PLC‑controlled machinery and automated production equipment.
• Self‑motivated and able to work independently during night shifts.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent fault‑finding and troubleshooting ability.
• Positive attitude towards safety and continuous improvement.

• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• HNC/HND in Engineering.
• PLC programming experience.
• Welding and…