Questech Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to join the team at one of our clients based in Gainsborough. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and make a real difference.
The role
We are looking for a multi-skilled maintenance engineer with an electrical bias and a strong mechanical background to join the engineering team within a fast-paced poultry processing facility. The role is hands‑on and involves maintaining, fault‑finding, and improving production and site services equipment to ensure safe and reliable operation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Respond promptly to breakdowns and carry out effective electrical and mechanical fault‑finding
- Maintain and repair production machinery including conveyors, evisceration equipment, packing machinery and chillers
- Complete planned preventative maintenance activities and support continuous improvement
- Fault‑find on PLC-controlled systems, motors, drives, sensors, and control panels (programming not required)
- Carry out mechanical tasks including work on gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics, hydraulics, and basic fabrication
- Ensure all work is completed in line with food safety, hygiene, and health and safety standards
- Accurately record maintenance activities using the site CMMS
- Support shutdowns, installations, and site engineering projects
- Work closely with production and hygiene teams to minimise downtime
Skills & Experience
- Qualified multi-skilled engineer with a strong electrical bias
- Recognised electrical qualification such as NVQ Level 3, City and Guilds, or equivalent
- Strong mechanical fault‑finding background within a manufacturing environment
- Experience within food, FMCG, or poultry processing environments preferred
- Good working knowledge of PLC fault‑finding, motors, inverters, sensors, and control systems
- Experience working with pneumatics and hydraulics
- Good understanding of permit‑to‑work, isolation, and lock‑off procedures
- Ability to work safely and effectively in a high-volume production environment
For more information on this role please call and speak to Simon or alternatively to be considered for this role please apply with your most up to date CV
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