Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

ABarway, Near Ely, Cambridgeshire | Permanent | Days | No Night Shifts

Monday to Friday rotating shifts | 1 in 3 weekends | Competitive Salary + Benefits

Are you a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking for a new opportunity within a busy manufacturing environment?

Would you prefer a role with no night shifts, a supportive engineering team and opportunities to develop your technical skills?

We're recruiting a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established production business near Ely, Cambridgeshire.

You'll play an important role in maintaining production machinery, responding to breakdowns and improving equipment reliability, helping to keep manufacturing operations running safely and efficiently.

This is a varied, hands-on engineering position with opportunities to get involved in improvement projects, equipment modifications and wider engineering activities.

Working Hours and Benefits

• Monday to Friday – rotating day shifts

• Early shift: 6:00am – 2:30pm

• Late shift: 9:30am – 6:00pm

• 1 in 3 weekends: Saturday and Sunday, 7:00am – 3:30pm

• No night shifts

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Ongoing technical training and development

• Career progression opportunities

• Supportive, collaborative engineering team

• Opportunity to work with modern production equipment

• Involvement in engineering projects and continuous improvement

The Role – Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader, you'll be responsible for maintaining, repairing and improving factory machinery and production equipment.

Your focus will be on minimising downtime, improving machinery performance and ensuring equipment operates safely and reliably.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on manufacturing and production machinery

• Diagnosing and repairing mechanical and electrical faults to minimise production downtime

• Responding to breakdowns and restoring equipment to operational condition

• Supporting machinery reliability, efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives

• Prioritising engineering maintenance activities to support production requirements

• Participating in engineering projects, equipment modifications, design and fabrication work where required

• Supporting engineering stores, spare parts management and stock control

• Ordering replacement components and maintenance equipment

• Working with contractors and providing technical support to other sites when required

• Sharing technical knowledge and supporting the development of engineering colleagues

• Maintaining high standards of health and safety, hygiene and housekeeping

• Providing occasional leadership cover when the Engineering Manager or Team Leader is unavailable

What We're Looking For

We're keen to hear from experienced Maintenance Engineers who enjoy fault finding, problem-solving and keeping production equipment operating at its best.

Ideally, you'll have:

• Experience as a Multi-Skilled Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer or Electrical Maintenance Engineer

• A background in manufacturing, food production, food processing, FMCG or a similar production environment

• Strong mechanical and/or electrical fault-finding and troubleshooting skills

• Experience with both planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdowns

• The ability to diagnose machinery faults and carry out effective repairs

• A practical, hands-on approach to maintenance engineering

• The ability to prioritise workload and respond to breakdowns in a busy production environment

• Good communication skills and a collaborative approach

• An understanding of engineering health and safety requirements

A recognised engineering qualification, such as an NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC or equivalent, would be advantageous.

We're interested in engineers who demonstrate strong practical experience and are keen to continue developing their technical skills.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a successful manufacturing business where engineering plays an important part in operational performance.

You'll benefit from:

• A day-shift engineering role without overnight working

• A varied combination of breakdown maintenance, PPM and engineering projects

• Opportunities to develop your mechanical and electrical engineering experience

• A business that encourages continuous improvement and technical development

• A collaborative engineering environment with opportunities for future progression

Whether you're an established Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer or an experienced Mechanical or Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking to broaden your experience, we'd be keen to speak with you.

Apply today or contact RecruitME for a confidential discussion about the opportunity.