Maintenance Engineer - Days

Maintenance Engineer (Days) – Bridgwater

Salary: £40,000 – £46,000 per annum
Shifts: Double Days (Monday to Friday, rotating 6:00am–2:15pm / 2:00pm–10:15pm)
Additional Hours: 1 Saturday shift per calendar month (7.5 hrs) paid at 1.5x hourly rate
Location: Bridgwater, Somerset

The Company

Our client is a successful and growing manufacturing business based in Bridgwater, Somerset. Due to continued expansion and increased demand, they are looking to recruit a time-served, multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical bias) to join their dedicated engineering team.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with a variety of process, converting, and packaging equipment within a modern, well-equipped facility and a stable company that values long-term employment and professional development.

The Role

Working as part of a small engineering team, your main responsibilities will include:

• Diagnosing and repairing faults on a range of production and packaging lines (both mechanical and electrical).
• Reading and interpreting mechanical and electrical engineering drawings.
• Carrying out planned, preventive, and reactive maintenance on production machinery.
• Supporting production teams to minimise downtime and maintain high efficiency.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have:

• Time-served Multi-Skilled Engineer qualification (Mechanical bias preferred).
• Experience working within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Pneumatic system knowledge (advantageous).
• A self-motivated, team-oriented attitude and willingness to help where needed.

Benefits

• Salary: £40,000 – £46,000 (DOE)
• Overtime at 1.5x for one Saturday shift per month
• Free on-site parking
• Pension scheme
• Canteen facilities
• 20 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Modern facilities and equipment

Commutable From:

Wells | Shepton Mallet | Yeovil | Taunton | Weston-super-Mare

This role may suit candidates currently or previously employed as:
Mechanical Engineer, Production Engineer, Maintenance Fitter, Multi-Skilled Engineer, or Service Engineer.