Maintenance Engineer

Company: ISQ Recruitment Ltd
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Location: Leicestershire
Job Description:

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Sector: Food Manufacturing

Location: Leicestershire

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £50,000+ per annum

Hours: Monday to Friday, 7.00am to 4.30pm

ISQ Recruitment is working with a leading UK food manufacturer to recruit a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a highly automated production facility in Leicestershire.

This is a good opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join a well-invested food manufacturing site on a day shift, working on modern production equipment across planned maintenance, reactive maintenance, fault finding and improvement activity.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must already have full right to work in the UK and relevant food manufacturing or manufacturing maintenance experience.

Benefits

  • £50,000+ salary
  • Annual profit share bonus
  • Company pension
  • Life assurance
  • 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Annual pay reviews
  • Subsidised canteen
  • Free onsite parking
  • Overtime paid at 1.5x
  • Double time on Sundays
  • Career progression opportunities

Key Responsibilities

  • Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance
  • Complete electrical and mechanical fault finding
  • Support continuous improvement projects
  • Identify root causes of equipment failures
  • Maintain production machinery and processing equipment
  • Complete maintenance records and documentation
  • Work closely with production teams to minimise downtime
  • Support engineering apprentices and team development

Key Criteria

  • NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds Level 3 Engineering qualification, or equivalent
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer within production or manufacturing
  • Food manufacturing experience is essential
  • Strong electrical fault-finding skills
  • Experience with single and three-phase systems
  • Ability to read electrical drawings and schematics
  • PLC fault-finding experience would be useful
  • 17th or 18th Edition would be useful

To apply, please send your CV to jobs@isqrecruitment.co.uk or contact ISQ Recruitment on 01603 369 500 for more information.

ISQ Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Posted: July 1st, 2026