Maintenance Engineer - Food Manufacturing
Location: SouthallSalary: £50,000 - £56,000Hours: Monday to Saturday, 2pm - 10pm
We're looking for a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join one of the UK's leading food manufacturing companies. This business supplies a wide range of high-quality products to both the retail and foodservice sectors and is committed to maintaining excellence across its production operations.
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a fast-paced, hands-on role where you'll be essential in keeping production moving, minimising downtime, and ensuring machinery runs at peak efficiency.
What You'll Be Doing
- Delivering effective engineering support to maintain continuous operation of plant and equipment
- Responding quickly to breakdowns and carrying out fault diagnosis for first-time fixes
- Maintaining a range of equipment, including conveyor belts, ceiling machines, filling machines, depositors, metal detectors, steam cookers, and mixers
- Identifying opportunities to improve engineering processes and recommending changes
- Performing autonomous and preventative maintenance tasks, ensuring all work is fully documented
- Carrying out scheduled inspections to prevent contamination risks due to equipment damage
- Working with key machinery such as flow wrappers, gearboxes, and pumps
What's On Offer
- A permanent, full-time role with a consistent 2pm-10pm shift, Monday to Saturday
- Competitive salary of £56,000
- The opportunity to join a well-established business in a critical, hands-on engineering role
What We're Looking For
- Strong experience as a Maintenance Engineer in the food manufacturing or FMCG sector
- Full qualification with 18th Edition certification
- Solid understanding of industrial electrical systems and confidence in reading electrical diagrams
- Skilled in using electrical and hand tools effectively
- Excellent fault-finding, troubleshooting, and critical thinking abilities
- Experience in maintaining and testing electrical systems in a production setting
- A clear understanding of food safety and hygiene requirements
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you're a proactive Maintenance Engineer ready for a new challenge in food manufacturing, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to explore this exciting opportunity.
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