Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer - Food&Bev - Bottesford

Bottesford, Leicestershire | Up to £44,027 + Benefits | Double Days

Are you a skilled Maintenance Engineer looking for a role where you can do more than simply respond to breakdowns?

We are working with a well-established, award-winning food manufacturing business with a proud heritage and a strong reputation for quality.

Due to continued investment and growth, they are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team at their modern manufacturing facility.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Multi-Skilled Engineer, Electrical Engineer or Electrician who wants to work in a well-invested environment where proactive maintenance, continuous improvement and engineering projects are genuinely encouraged.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability and performance of highly specialised production and packaging equipment.

While breakdown response and planned preventative maintenance will form an important part of the role, you will also have significant opportunities to get involved in continuous improvement, root cause analysis, equipment upgrades and capital investment projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond quickly and effectively to critical breakdowns.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and ensure PPMs remain effective.
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults across production equipment.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and reliability improvements.
• Support improvement projects from identification through to implementation.
• Use Root Cause Analysis (RCA) techniques to prevent recurring breakdowns.
• Support the installation and commissioning of new machinery and equipment.
• Work alongside production and engineering stakeholders to minimise downtime.
• Share knowledge and learning across the engineering team.
• Maintain accurate engineering records and documentation.
• Update the company’s maintenance management system with detailed information regarding completed work.
• Work safely and ensure all Health & Safety, hygiene, quality and company procedures are followed.

What We’re Looking For

• Relevant engineering qualifications or strong equivalent experience.
• Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong electrical and/or mechanical maintenance skills.
• Good Health & Safety awareness.
• Ability to fault-find effectively and work proactively.
• Self-motivated approach with the ability to work independently.
• Flexibility to respond to changing business requirements.
• Good communication and team-working skills.

Benefits

• Salary up to £44,027 per annum DOE.
• Performance bonus.
• Company profit-related bonus.
• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Employee rewards and savings portal.
• Excellent opportunities for personal and professional development.

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