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Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Essex
Food Manufacturing | FMCG
Days Only

Salary: £45,000 basic
£53,000 once on the on-call rota (1 in 6 weeks)

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established food manufacturing site operating within a continuous-process FMCG environment.

This role is open to either electrically or mechanically biased engineers, offering a stable days-based position with a clear pathway to increased earnings through a structured on-call rota.

The business has a strong focus on safety, sustainability, and long-term investment, supplying some of the UK's most recognisable food brands.

The Role

As a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, you'll maintain and improve electrical and mechanical systems across production and site services. Depending on your core discipline, you'll focus on your bias while continuing to build broader multi-skilled capability.

You'll play a key role in reducing downtime, improving equipment reliability, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance across production equipment

Electrical work including 3-phase motors, MCCs, inverters, control panels, sensors, and safety circuits

Mechanical maintenance on gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, pumps, pneumatics, and hydraulics

First-line PLC fault-finding and diagnostics (training available)

Maintenance of processing and packaging lines in a continuous-process environment

Logging work accurately via a CMMS system

Supporting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement projects

Participation in a 1-in-6 on-call rota (post-training / site familiarisation)

Ensuring all work meets health & safety and food safety standards

The Ideal Candidate

Recognised electrical or mechanical engineering apprenticeship

Formal engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent)

Experience in a maintenance role within FMCG, food, or continuous-process manufacturing

Strong fault-finding skills in your core discipline

Willingness to work as a multi-skilled engineer

Good working knowledge of health & safety in manufacturing

Comfortable using CMMS systems

Desirable (Not Essential)

Experience with PLC-controlled machinery

Exposure to Siemens or Allen Bradley PLCs

HACCP / food safety awareness

Background in continuous or high-volume manufacturing

What's on Offer

£45,000 basic salary

Earnings rising to £53,000 once on the 1-in-6 on-call rota

Days-only shift pattern

Secure, long-term role within a well-established FMCG business

Strong commitment to training, development, and progression

Supportive engineering team and safety-first culture

Interested?

Apply today or get in touch for a confidential discussion