Maintenance Engineer

Job Title

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Shaftesbury, Dorset

£51,250 - £54,000 + OTE

4 Days, 4 Off, 4 Nights, 4 Off – 6am-6pm / 6pm-6am

A fantastic opportunity which is not to be missed by a strong Maintenance Engineer has come to the forefront. This is a great opportunity for a hands‑on engineer to join an established and successful manufacturing business with a modern, well‑equipped production facility. You will be responsible for carrying out planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance and breakdown fault‑finding across a range of production machinery, ensuring maximum uptime and efficiency.

Working as part of a skilled engineering team, you will also have the opportunity to work independently, making this an ideal role for an engineer who enjoys diagnosing faults and getting equipment back up and running. You will be working on a variety of equipment including conveyors, fillers, packers, pumps, separators, cooling equipment, motors, sensors, gearboxes, bearings, chains and valves, as well as PLCs and control systems.

The role is genuinely multi‑skilled, with a strong mechanical element to the breakdown work alongside electrical fault finding.

Manufacturing

• Maintenance engineering experience within an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Engineering Qualification

• Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer in the UK.
• Electrical bias within a multi‑skilled maintenance role.
• Experience working within food, dairy or FMCG manufacturing.
• Experience with PLCs, inverters, pneumatics or hydraulics.

• Working for an established and successful independent manufacturing business.
• £51,250 - £54,000 salary + OTE.
• Annual company bonus.
• Pay rise due in April.
• 9% pension contribution – 4% company / 5% employee.
• 28 days' holiday.
• BV Rewards discounts.
• Company sick pay scheme.
• Free EV charging points.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Modern manufacturing facility.
• Excellent opportunity to develop your technical skills.