Multi-Skilled Engineer (Electrical Bias)
Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.
Noble Foods (Gainsborough Poultry site) | Fast-paced FMCG Environment
Are you a hands-on engineer who thrives in a busy production environment? Do you enjoy fault-finding, fixing problems fast, and keeping vital machinery running smoothly? If so, Noble Foods wants you on our engineering team.
We’re looking for a multi-skilled maintenance engineer with a strong electrical bias and solid mechanical experience to help keep our high-volume poultry processing site operating safely, efficiently, and reliably.
The Role
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving our production and site services equipment. This is a practical, varied role where no two days are the same.
You’ll be:
- Responding quickly to breakdowns and carrying out effective electrical and mechanical fault-finding
- Maintaining and repairing production machinery including conveyors, evisceration equipment, packing machines, and chillers
- Completing planned preventative maintenance and supporting continuous improvement
- Fault-finding on PLC-controlled systems, motors, drives, sensors, and control panels
- Carrying out mechanical work on gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics, hydraulics, and basic fabrication
- Working closely with production and hygiene teams to minimise downtime
- Supporting shutdowns, installations, and site engineering projects
- Recording all work accurately using the site CMMS
- Ensuring all tasks meet strict food safety, hygiene, and health & safety standards
What We’re Looking For
You’ll be a confident, safety-focused engineer who can think on their feet in a high-volume environment.
Essential:
- Recognised electrical qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent)
- Multi-skilled engineer with a strong electrical bias
- Solid mechanical fault-finding experience in a manufacturing environment
- Good working knowledge of PLC fault-finding, motors, inverters, sensors, and control systems
- Experience with pneumatics and hydraulics
- Understanding of permit-to-work, isolation, and lock-off procedures
Desirable:
- Experience in food, FMCG, or poultry processing environments
Training & Development
We invest in our people. Depending on your experience, you’ll receive training in areas such as:
- Health & Safety (IOSH Working Safely, behavioural safety, hazard reporting)
- HACCP and food hygiene
- Safe systems of work
- Manual and mechanical handling
- Role-specific technical and process training
What’s in It for You?
We offer far more than just a competitive salary:
- Overtime opportunities
- Ongoing training and development
- Free hot drinks on shift
- Free meal every day in our on-site canteen
- Discounted eggs and chicken
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
- Free life insurance
- Enhanced sick pay scheme
- Perkbox benefits including monthly freebies from Greggs or Café Nero
- DigiCare+ access: Digital GP, annual health checks, mental health support & more
- Discounted gym memberships
- Free eye test every two years
- Discounted mobile phone contracts
- Annual bonus through our People Partnership (after 6 months)
- Extra allowances for First Aiders & Mental Health First Aiders
- Wellness programme & Employee Charity Matching Scheme
- Celebration Day – enjoy an extra day off after one year’s service to celebrate a life event
Join Us
If you’re an engineer who takes pride in keeping production moving and wants to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you. xwzovoh
Apply today and help power the future of Noble Foods, Gainsborough Poultry site.