Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

📍 St Austell, Cornwall
💰 Up to £50,000
🕒 Day Shift

We are currently recruiting for a Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join a well‑established food manufacturing business based in St Austell. This is a great opportunity for an engineer with strong Multivac packaging machinery experience to join a stable team working day shifts, supporting the reliability and performance of key production equipment.

As a Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining production equipment through both planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs, ensuring minimal downtime and supporting continuous improvement across the site.

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on production equipment.
• Provide specialist technical support for Multivac packaging machinery, ensuring optimal performance and minimal downtime.
• Diagnose faults quickly and carry out effective repairs to restore production operations.
• Maintain and support industrial refrigeration systems, including ammonia plant equipment where required.
• Ensure machinery operates safely and efficiently to meet production and quality standards.
• Support the installation, commissioning, and testing of new equipment and machinery.
• Maintain and repair mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems across production lines.

• NVQ Level 3 / HNC / HND in Mechanical, Electrical, or Multi‑Skilled Engineering (or equivalent).
• Proven experience maintaining and repairing Multivac packaging machinery.
• Experience with in FMCG or food manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of ammonia refrigeration systems or industrial refrigeration.
• Experience with production machinery, conveyors, packaging equipment, and automated systems.
• Strong fault‑finding and diagnostic skills across mechanical and electrical systems.

• Salary up to £50,000
• Day shift role improved work‑life balance
• Opportunity to work within a fast‑paced FMCG manufacturing environment
• Involvement in equipment improvements and engineering projects

📩 Interested? Apply now or contact us for a confidential discussion.