Senior Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Location: Wiltshire
Salary: £58,000
Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off, 12-hour days and nights (07:00–19:00 / 19:00–07:00)
Job type: Permanent

Wentworth James is working with a well-established, fully integrated UK food producer to recruit a Senior Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for its high-volume packing centre in Wiltshire.

After continued growth and a recent restructure of its engineering function, our client is expanding its maintenance team. This is a senior, hands-on role for an engineer who can lead complex fault-finding, raise the standard of engineering on site and make a measurable difference to downtime and reliability.

The role

• Maintain, troubleshoot and improve a wide range of automated production and packing equipment
• Lead complex electrical and mechanical fault-finding and repairs
• Drive continuous improvement projects to increase reliability, efficiency and line performance
• Help develop engineering best practice across the site
• Work closely with production and operations teams to minimise downtime and hit production targets
• Use the CMMS for planned preventative maintenance, work orders, asset records and performance reporting

What you’ll need

• Time-served or apprentice-trained engineer, or qualified to City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in electrical, mechanical or multi-skilled engineering
• 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations (C&G Level 3)
• Food Safety Level 2
• Extensive experience in food manufacturing, FMCG or a highly automated production environment
• Advanced fault-finding skills across both electrical and mechanical systems
• Hands-on experience with robotics, PLCs and automation, process control and advanced manufacturing machinery
• Proven experience maintaining conveyors, motors, pumps, pneumatics, hydraulics and packaging equipment
• Strong CMMS experience covering PPM scheduling, asset management, work orders and maintenance reporting
• A track record of reducing downtime and improving equipment reliability

Desirable

• Experience in food packing or high-care food manufacturing
• Knowledge of condition-based monitoring and reliability-centred maintenance
• Experience with Shire CMMS

Interested?

To apply, send your CV to jay.plant@wentworthjames.co.uk or apply through this page. For a confidential conversation about the role, contact Jay Plant at Wentworth James.