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Job Title: Senior Maintenance Engineer (Food Manufacturing Industry)

Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 DOE

Benefits: Extensive benefits package including AXA private medical cover, wellbeing and learning budgets and many more.

Location: Nottingham

Type: Permanent // Full Time

Shifts: Monday to Friday // 10am – 7pm with paid or TOIL weekend overtime rotation

Overview:

The Flavour Network are supporting a rapidly growing, innovative food manufacturer based in Nottingham who are looking for a talented Senior Maintenance Engineer to help lead their production operation as they continue to scale.

The ideal candidate will be a true multiskilled tinkerer; a practical problem-solver with a full toolbox of tricks, capable of diagnosing faults on the fly while keeping calm under pressure. A reliable, SAS-standard engineer who gives operations, engineering teams, and management total confidence that every issue is in safe hands.

As Senior Maintenance Engineer you will play a key part in maintaining and enhancing a bespoke mix of production machinery, working with both mechanical and electrical systems, and contributing to automation and improvement projects across the site.

Key Responsibilities for the Senior Maintenance Engineer

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Lead on both reactive and planned maintenance across production machinery and services

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Own and continuously improve the site’s PPM system, including scheduling, task setting, and optimisation

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Act as the senior point of contact for complex mechanical and electrical fault-finding

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Collaborate with Production, Technical, and QA teams to maintain uptime and operational efficiency

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Work across conveyors, weighers, depositors, chillers, mixers, sealers, and automated packaging lines

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Contribute to machinery upgrades, modifications, and automation improvement projects

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Support, mentor, and develop junior engineers and apprentices

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Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, health & safety, and engineering best practice

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Maintain detailed records of maintenance, breakdowns, and downtime trends

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Participate in root cause analysis and lead continuous improvement initiatives

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Time split: 60/40 or 50/50 mechanical to electrical depending on your skillset

Requirements for the Senior Maintenance Engineer

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Proven experience in a senior, multiskilled maintenance engineering role within food manufacturing or FMCG is essential.

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Strong mechanical engineering knowledge including fabrication, welding, and modification skills

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Practical electrical experience including VFDs, sensor logic, relays, and 3-phase machinery

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Confident with PLC-driven equipment — ideally Siemens/Omron — and control panel wiring

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Experienced with weighing, depositing, and packing machinery in a high-care food environment

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Comfortable diagnosing faults, creating or adapting parts, and integrating sensors, switches, and controls

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Clear, calm communicator able to liaise effectively with operations, technical, and leadership teams

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High standards for health & safety, compliance, and maintenance best practice

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Hands-on, efficient, and driven and committed to making a difference and growing with the business long term