Maintenance Engineer - Manufacturing

Location: Woodford Green

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER - EAST LONDON

12-HOUR DAYS & NIGHTS | £64,500 | PERMANENT

Sector: FMCG / Manufacturing / Automated Production

AT A GLANCE

£64,500 salary
12-hour days and nights
Permanent Maintenance Engineer position
East London
Blue-chip global FMCG manufacturer
Major investment across the wider business
Highly automated production environment
Modern machinery and advanced manufacturing technology
Excellent training and development
Genuine career progression opportunities
Potential routes into leadership, projects, reliability and continuous improvement
FMCG or manufacturing experience essential THE OPPORTUNITY

Looking for a Maintenance Engineer role where you can work with modern technology, develop your skills and build a long-term career?

We are working with a globally recognised blue-chip FMCG manufacturer with an excellent reputation for quality, innovation and investment in its people.

The business continues to make major investments across its operations, with a strong focus on automation, technology, engineering capability and continuous improvement.

Based in East London, this is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join an established engineering function supporting a highly automated production operation.

You won't just be joining a business to maintain machinery. There is a genuine focus on developing engineering talent, with opportunities to progress your career in a number of different directions.

Depending on your interests and strengths, future opportunities could include engineering leadership, project engineering, reliability engineering or continuous improvement.

THE ROLE

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will help ensure the production operation continues to run safely, efficiently and reliably.

The role will involve:

Planned preventative maintenance across automated production equipment
Reactive maintenance and breakdown response
Electrical and/or mechanical fault finding
Diagnosing faults and carrying out effective repairs
Working to minimise production downtime
Identifying recurring equipment issues
Supporting root cause analysis and permanent corrective actions
Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives
Working closely with Production and other engineering disciplines
Supporting improvements to equipment reliability and performance
Maintaining accurate maintenance records
Working to high standards of health and safetyABOUT YOU

We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Engineer with a strong manufacturing background and a genuine interest in modern engineering and automation.

You will ideally have:

City & Guilds Level 3, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification
Previous Maintenance Engineer experience within FMCG, manufacturing, production or process environments
Strong electrical or mechanical maintenance experience
Experience working with production machinery
Good fault-finding and diagnostic skills
A proactive approach to problem solving
The ability to work effectively within a team
A desire to learn and develop technically
An interest in automation and continuous improvement
Full right to work in the UKWHY JOIN?

£64,500 salary
Permanent position
12-hour days and nights
Join a globally recognised blue-chip FMCG manufacturer
Work within a highly automated production environment
Major investment across the wider business
Excellent training and development
Genuine career progression
Opportunities to move into engineering leadership
Potential progression into project engineering
Opportunities to specialise in reliability or continuous improvement
Long-term career with a business that invests heavily in its people and technology

Maintenance Engineer is commutable from Epping, Walthamstow, Leyton, Stratford, Ilford, Barking, Dagenham, Romford, Hornchurch, Upminster, Chingford, Loughton, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Enfield, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Harlow, Hertford, Ware, Brentwood, Grays, Purfleet, Tilbury, Basildon, Billericay, Chelmsford and other parts of London, Essex and Hertfordshire

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