Maintenance Engineer

An exclusive vacancy is available for a Maintenance Engineer to join a food manufacturing company based in Thorne, South Yorkshire working Monday - Friday 8-hour shifts rotating mornings, afternoons and nights. This opportunity is paying 42,370 per annum plus up to 3,972 per annum for shift handover as well as plenty of overtime available paid at 1.5x. You will be offered additional benefits including 2 x life insurance, 31 days annual leave and a company healthcare scheme.

Our award-winning client was established over 30 years ago and since has been ever-growing, becoming a market leader and favourite supplier with most UK retailers. You will be working in a small and close-knit team where you will have the opportunity to gain experience in a fast-paced environment, upskill yourself and undergo further qualifications and training.

Roles and Responsibilities as a Maintenance Engineer:

• You will be responsible for dealing with both reactive and preventative maintenance across the whole site.
• You will be involved with a variety of projects such as New Machinery Installations.
• Working independently to diagnose and resolve electrical and mechanical faults, machine emergencies or unplanned problems in a systematic and logical manner.
• Develop and update Standard Operating Procedures for each machine.

I would love to see CVs from individuals who have:

• A Level 3 in Electrical, Mechanical or Multi Skilled Engineering with a minimum of 1 year hands-on experience in a relevant role or a Level 2 in Electrical, Mechanical or Multi Skilled Engineering but a minimum of 3 years hands-on experience in a relevant role.
• Knowledge of maintaining production machinery such as conveyors, mixers, ovens and flow wrappers to name a few.
• Industry experience within Food, Drink or Packaging would be desirable but the minimum requirement for the role would be experience within any fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Worked previously as an Electrical Engineer, Multi Skilled Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Shift Technician, Maintenance Technician, or Multi-Skilled Technician.

Benefits included as a Maintenance Engineer:

• 3% employer / 5% employee = 8% pension
• 23 days holiday + 8 bank holidays = 31 days annual leave
• Life insurance = 2 x basic salary
• Healthcare scheme
• Overtime paid at 1.5 x
• Company discount
• Free onsite parking

If you would like to find out more, please click apply or contact Megan Hepworth at E3 Recruitment on (phone number removed).