Maintenance Engineer

Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire £42,000-£47,000 (DOE)

Full‑Time Permanent

Rotating Shifts (06:00-14:00 / 14:00-22:00 / 08:00-16:00, Mon‑Fri)

We are supporting an established food manufacturing business Wellingborough who are seeking a Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their established Engineering team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a fast‑paced production environment where reliability, efficiency and continuous improvement are at the heart of operations.

As a multi‑skilled maintenance engineer, you will play a key role in maintaining and improving a wide range of production and packaging equipment, ensuring smooth, safe and efficient manufacturing performance.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will carry out maintenance, troubleshooting and improvement activities across a variety of machinery used in food production. You will respond to breakdowns, deliver planned maintenance, support new equipment installations, and contribute to ongoing reliability and performance improvements. This role will be ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys problem‑solving, fault‑finding and working hands‑on with manufacturing equipment.

• Deliver planned preventative maintenance (PPM) in line with schedules
• Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise downtime
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reliability
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Maintain accurate records using the company's CMMS
• Assist with installation and commissioning of new machinery
• Ensure compliance with food safety, health & safety and engineering standards
• Work collaboratively with Production, Quality and Operations teams

To be considered for the role, applicants are required to have the following skills, experience and qualifications and be resident in the UK with Right to Work Documentation in place. Please note this role does not offer sponsorship.

• Apprentice trained (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, BTEC or equivalent)
• Multi‑skilled maintenance experience within manufacturing
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault‑finding skills
• Experience with motors, sensors, inverters, conveyors, pneumatics
• Ability to read engineering drawings and electrical schematics
• Strong understanding of health & safety
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• Experience in food, FMCG, packaging or process manufacturing
• PLC fault‑finding experience
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies
• 18th Edition qualification
• Experience using CMMS software

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