Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Position: Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Permanent)
Location: Compass

Recruit4staff are representing a leading food manufacturing business in their search for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to work in Bridgwater

Job Details:

Pay:
Up to £53,000 per annum + Company performance bonus
Hours of Work: 4 on 4 off (7am – 7pm, 2 days / 2 nights)
Duration:
Permanent
Benefits:
Enhanced pension, 276 hours holiday, company bonus (based on performance), clear career development pathways and long-term prospects, access to a rewards platform with discounts across major retailers, onsite parking, supportive team environment

Job Role:

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality scheduled and reactive maintenance across the site to minimise downtime. The Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer will deliver both planned and reactive maintenance, rapidly diagnosing faults and restoring equipment to service in a fast-paced FMCG environment. In this Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer role, you will work with electrical, pneumatic and mechanical drawings while applying basic automation skills for fault finding and resolution.

The successful Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer will support continuous improvement and FMEA activities, identifying root causes and implementing cost-effective, long-term solutions. This Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer position requires strong fault-finding ability across fast-moving machinery, pumps, valves and PLCs. Overall, the Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer will play a key role in maintaining site reliability and driving ongoing performance improvements.

Essential Skills, Experience, or

Qualifications:

Experience with in the FMCG industry
Proven experience working on fast-moving machinery, pumps, valves and PLCs
Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills (HNC level or equivalent)
Recognised time-served Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship
Advantageous Skills, Experience, or Qualifications

Food manufacturing background, ideally within dairy
Additional qualifications such as HNC, IOSH or NEBOSH

Experience with continuous improvement tools
Commutable From:
Taunton, Weston-super-Mare, Glastonbury, North Petherton, Burnham-on-Sea

Similar Job Titles:
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Shift Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Engineering Technician, MSE

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