Night Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Our client is an established FMCG business producing a range of convenient snacking products for the UK market. They focus on quality innovation and creating products that meet modern consumer demand.

Job Role & Key Responsibilities:

We are recruiting for a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-paced FMCG food manufacturing environment on a permanent night shift. This is a hands-on engineering role supporting automated production and packaging lines ensuring machinery runs safely efficiently and with minimal downtime. The role would suit a proactive multi-skilled engineer with strong fault-finding ability a positive attitude towards continuous improvement and experience working within food FMCG pharmaceutical packaging or similar manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across automated production and packaging equipment
• Respond to reactive breakdowns and support production to minimise downtime
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults safely and effectively
• Carry out like-for-like electrical component replacement and safe isolation
• Support engineering problem-solving Root Cause Analysis and continuous improvement activity
• Work across equipment such as multi-head weighers flow wrappers tray sealers checkweighers cartoners metal detectors case tapers and hot melt glue systems
• Update maintenance procedures and support factory KPIs
• Supervise contractors where required
• Work closely with operations in a busy hygiene-focused manufacturing environment

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• Multi-skilled engineering experience within a manufacturing environment
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills
• Experience with reactive and planned maintenance
• Good understanding of electrical safety and safe isolation
• Mechanical experience with pneumatics bearings chains belts and gearboxes
• An engineering qualification or apprenticeship
• Good communication skills and a strong team-focused approach
• Ability to work independently on a permanent night shift
• A reliable proactive and adaptable attitude

Desirable Skills:

• Food FMCG pharmaceutical or packaging manufacturing experience
• Basic PLC fault-finding awareness
• CMMS experience
• GMP/GDP understanding
• Root Cause Analysis experience
• Experience working with automated packing or production machinery
• Exposure to equipment such as multi-head weighers checkweighers metal detectors tray sealers flow wrappers cartoners box makers case tapers and hot melt glue systems

Benefits Include:

• 25 days holiday
• Only one holiday day deducted per 12-hour shift offering enhanced time off
• Annual bonus
• Pension
• Health insurance
• Discounted gym membership
• Financial wellbeing support platform
• Formal training and development opportunities
• Networking events and learning lunches
• Strong internal progression opportunities
• Free snacks and breakfast options onsite
• Inclusive and collaborative working culture
• Additional volunteering and wellbeing days
• Opportunity to occasionally rotate onto day shifts for additional support and development

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity please get in touch with us or apply below.

• 25 days holiday
• Only one holiday day deducted per 12-hour shift offering enhanced time off
• Annual bonus
• Pension
• Health insurance
• Discounted gym membership
• Financial wellbeing support platform
• Formal training and development opportunities
• Networking events and learning lunches
• Strong internal progression opportunities
• Free snacks and breakfast options onsite
• Inclusive and collaborative working culture
• Additional volunteering and wellbeing days
• Opportunity to occasionally rotate onto day shifts for additional support and development