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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer – Core Hours Mon–Fri 8am to 4.30pm
Flexibility to cover shift engineers on leave/sick Up to £45,000 basic salary plus overtime/time off in lieu
GENUINELY EXCITING ROLE! CHANCE TO BE INVOLVED WITH PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES, FUTURE CAPEX PROJECTS, MENTORING / SUPPORTING OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, ALL UNDER THE WING OF AN EXPERIENCED, PASSIONATE AND DRIVEN MANAGER
Are you an experienced Maintenance Engineer with a strong multiskilled background looking for a fresh challenge, autonomy, and genuinely wanting to drive improvements? Based in Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, we are looking for a permanent and proactive engineer to help maintain and improve a food manufacturing facility, keeping production assets in great working order and supporting continuous improvement across site.
Tell me more! You’ll be joining a close-knit Engineering team, working on breakdowns, yet importantly carrying out planned maintenance, reducing downtime and really being a strategic and thinking engineer. With ample years of maintenance experience under your belt, you'll be confident across a broad range of mechanical and electrical systems – including pneumatics, motor drives, some welding, and used to various breakdown scenarios. The role is multiskilled, but a mechanical bias may slightly favour the team dynamics, yet ultimately a well-skilled and confident maintenance professional able to work well in a fast-paced environment is what we seek!
What do I need?
• Mechanical/Electrical Maintenance Engineering competency and confidence
• FMCG experience – working under pressure, to demanding timelines
• Flexible approach to shift cover when required for holiday or sick cover
• Good understanding of pneumatics, fitting, welding, and fault finding
• Comfortable with IT systems and CMMS
• Thrives in a team environment but also able to provide some leadership when required
· Current right to work in the UK and ability to commute to Eastleigh
Why join this company? This company are a well-established name, part of a supportive group that values integrity, responsibility, and collaboration. You’ll be part of a business that genuinely encourages initiative and continuous improvement, in a role where your experience will be valued and your voice heard.
If you want to learn more about the position then please call Neil Williams anytime on (phone number removed) Kingdom People are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
