Our client is an established FMCG business producing a range of convenient snacking products for the UK market. They focus on quality, innovation, and creating products that meet modern consumer demand.

Job Role & Key Responsibilities:

We are recruiting for a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-paced FMCG food manufacturing environment on a permanent night shift. This is a hands-on engineering role supporting automated production and packaging lines, ensuring machinery runs safely, efficiently and with minimal downtime. The role would suit a proactive, multi-skilled engineer with strong fault-finding ability, a positive attitude towards continuous improvement and experience working within food, FMCG, pharmaceutical, packaging or similar manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across automated production and packaging equipment

• Respond to reactive breakdowns and support production to minimise downtime

• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults safely and effectively

• Carry out like-for-like electrical component replacement and safe isolation

• Support engineering problem-solving, Root Cause Analysis and continuous improvement activity

• Work across equipment such as multi-head weighers, flow wrappers, tray sealers, checkweighers, cartoners, metal detectors, case tapers and hot melt glue systems

• Update maintenance procedures and support factory KPIs

• Supervise contractors where required

• Work closely with operations in a busy, hygiene-focused manufacturing environment

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• Multi-skilled engineering experience within a manufacturing environment

• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills

• Experience with reactive and planned maintenance

• Good understanding of electrical safety and safe isolation

• Mechanical experience with pneumatics, bearings, chains, belts and gearboxes

• An engineering qualification or apprenticeship

• Good communication skills and a strong team-focused approach

• Ability to work independently on a permanent night shift

• A reliable, proactive and adaptable attitude

Desirable Skills:

• Food, FMCG, pharmaceutical or packaging manufacturing experience

• Basic PLC fault-finding awareness

• CMMS experience

• GMP/GDP understanding

• Root Cause Analysis experience

• Experience working with automated packing or production machinery

• Exposure to equipment such as multi-head weighers, checkweighers, metal detectors, tray sealers, flow wrappers, cartoners, box makers, case tapers and hot melt glue systems

Benefits Include:

• 25 days holiday

• Only one holiday day deducted per 12-hour shift, offering enhanced time off

• Annual bonus

• Pension

• Health insurance

• Discounted gym membership

• Financial wellbeing support platform

• Formal training and development opportunities

• Networking events and learning lunches

• Strong internal progression opportunities

• Free snacks and breakfast options onsite

• Inclusive and collaborative working culture

• Additional volunteering and wellbeing days

• Opportunity to occasionally rotate onto day shifts for additional support and development

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please get in touch with us or apply below.