Maintenance Engineer

Location: Wales

Maintenance Engineer
📍 West Wales
💰 £40,000 per year

What You'll Do:

You will join a fast paced food manufacturing environment as a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with a strong electrical skill set. This is a hands on, days based role supporting planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of production and packing machinery. With major site investment underway, including new automated lines and a modern workshop, you will play a key part in maintaining reliability while the site continues to expand.

Your role will involve:

Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance on production equipment
Working with three phase systems, motors, control panels and electrical circuits
Fault finding and diagnosing breakdowns quickly and safely
Supporting mechanical repairs as part of a genuinely multiskilled team
Basic PLC fault finding on digital and analogue systems, with training available
Assisting with installation and commissioning of new machinery and future automated lines
Working days, typically around 50 hours a week, with some flexibility around start and finish times
Maintaining safe working practices and contributing to continuous improvement

What You'll Bring:

Experience as a Maintenance or Multiskilled Engineer within manufacturing, ideally food or FMCG
Strong electrical competency, particularly with three phase and control panel work
Good mechanical capability and confidence handling mechanical breakdowns
Familiarity with PLC fault finding or an interest in developing these skills
Practical, positive attitude with the willingness to get stuck in
Flexibility to support production requirements when needed, while working within a supportive team
Desire to learn, take feedback and grow with a developing engineering function
Strong commitment to safe working and high maintenance standards

Why You Should Apply:

Salary of around £40,000 with significant overtime availability
Days based role in a busy food manufacturing environment
Join a site investing in new equipment, automation and a state of the art workshop
Become a key part of a small engineering team where your contribution is valued
Supportive and hands on manager who understands flexibility and family commitments
Opportunity to grow your skills in PLCs, automation and modern production systems
Long term progression as the site continues to expand and strengthen the engineering department

Ready to Apply?

Contact Jacob Purcell to find out more.
Please apply with a CV and a cover letter outlining why you're perfect for the role.
Know someone great for the job? We offer a referral scheme-just get in touch!

Note:

We do our best to respond to every application, but due to volume, we can't always guarantee it. If you haven't heard back within 7 days, unfortunately, you haven't been successful this time. Keep an eye on our site for new opportunities