Location
Nottingham
We are working with a leading UK food manufacturing business operating one of the country’s largest chilled and bakery production networks, supplying major retail and foodservice customers nationwide. The site is a high-volume, fast-paced food manufacturing facility with a strong focus on reliability, food safety, efficiency and continuous improvement.
This is a great opportunity for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established engineering team working a 4 on 4 off (2 days / 2 nights) shift pattern. You will be responsible for supporting both planned and reactive maintenance across high-speed food production and packaging equipment in a highly automated environment.
The engineering function plays a key role in ensuring production uptime and product quality, with strong emphasis on fault finding, preventative maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives. The business has a strong culture of internal progression and long-term career development.
This role would suit a Maintenance Engineer from a food manufacturing, FMCG or fast-paced production environment, who enjoys hands‑on fault finding, breakdown response and working within a structured engineering team.
Responsibilities
- Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across food production and packaging equipment
- Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults across machinery and plant
- Work on motors, gearboxes, conveyors, sensors, inverters and control panels
- Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise production downtime
- Support planned maintenance during scheduled downtime and quieter production periods
- Assist with continuous improvement and reliability initiatives across site equipment
- Ensure all maintenance activity is completed safely and in line with food manufacturing standards
- Work collaboratively with production teams to maintain efficiency and uptime
Skills & Qualifications
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification (Electrical, Mechanical or Multi‑Skilled)
- Strong electrical fault‑finding experience (motors, drives, PLC interrogation advantageous)
- Solid mechanical maintenance experience
- Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing or fast‑paced production environments
- Strong diagnostic and problem‑solving skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a shift‑based engineering team
- Understanding of continuous improvement and reliability practices (desirable)
Benefits
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
- 4 on 4 off shift pattern (2 days / 2 nights)
- Career progression and internal development opportunities
- Strong training and upskilling culture
- Employee Assistance Programme (health and wellbeing support)
- Retail and hospitality discounts
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Long‑term career stability within a major UK food manufacturer
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