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A growing food manufacturer are seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join their team. You will be responsible for troubleshooting, supporting preventive maintenance, and working with modern automation in the food manufacturing industry. Expect a team environment, clear priorities, and the chance to develop specialist knowledge while making a measurable impact every shift.
Shift Pattern 4 on 4 off Days
What You Will Do:
– Perform planned preventive maintenance and complete all relevant paperwork to the required standards as a Maintenance Engineer.
– Tackle corrective maintenance quickly and safely to minimise production downtime, including electrical breakdowns and fault finding on pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
– Support continuous improvement by suggesting practical solutions that boost efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance quality.
– Help deliver meaningful handovers, including notes and reports, so the next shift engineer is fully informed and supported.
– Assist with risk assessments and maintain strict adherence to health and safety, hygiene, and food safety procedures.
– Work with and coordinate contractor activity on site, ensuring inductions, permits to work, and site rules are followed.
What You Will Bring:
– Proven engineering or maintenance experience, ideally within a fast paced manufacturing or processing environment as a Maintenance Engineer.
– Strong fault-finding ability for electrical breakdowns, plus knowledge of pneumatic systems and basic mechanical troubleshooting.
– Relevant qualifications such as ONC and/or City and Guilds in electrical and/or mechanical engineering, alongside NVQ Level 3 in the relevant discipline and an 18th Edition certificate or equivalent.
– Working knowledge of PLCs, preferably Siemens, and experience with modern automation systems; frequency inverter setup experience is beneficial.
– Confident communication skills, computer literacy for maintenance systems and Microsoft Office (especially Excel), and a proactive, can-do approach.
You will play a key part in protecting health and safety, supporting reliable operations, and continuously improving how the site works. The Maintenance Engineer role aligns with the company’s values of respect, cooperation, and ambition, helping teams deliver excellent day-to-day service across engineering and operations.
Location:
The Maintenance Engineer role is based in the Worcester area.
Interested?:
If you are ready to bring energy, precision, and a genuine problem-solving mindset to a Maintenance Engineer position, apply now to be considered for this exciting opportunity.
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