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Multi-Skilled Engineer

Hunter SelectionGilston, Harlow🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 5 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Advance your career in a dynamic food manufacturing environment with excellent growth potential and continuous training opportunities, including OEM courses. This hybrid role is ideal for experienced multi-skilled engineers from FMCG, food, or packaging backgrounds who are eager to lead and drive improvements. Apply today to join a company that invests in its team and offers a competitive salary of £52,000.

Quick Overview

Salary
£52k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Gilston, Harlow, United Kingdom
Posted
8 hours ago
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Job Description

Multi-Skilled Engineer

Location: Harlow

Salary: £52,000

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off days

Benefits:

  • 23 shifts holiday
  • Employee assistance program
  • Life assurance x4
  • Enhanced pension
  • Strong progression pathway toward management roles
  • Continuous training, OEM courses, and technical development


About:

We're looking for an experienced multi-skilled engineer to join a high-performing food manufacturing site and play a key role in maintaining and optimising production performance. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with experience in FMCG, food or packaging to get into a business who invest in the team, the site and you.

You'll lead a small on-shift engineering team, drive reliability, support continuous improvement, and ensure equipment uptime across fast-paced FMCG lines.



Responsibilities:

  • Working alongside a team of 3 per shift
  • Reactive and preventative maintenance
  • Supporting planned, reactive, and preventative maintenance across production assets
  • Ensuring full compliance with site H&S procedures (permits, RAMS, audits)
  • Working with automation, packaging, and processing equipment (conveyors, robotics, weighing, vision systems, thermoformers, etc.)
  • Working closely with senior engineering leadership to improve performance, downtime, and reliability
  • Supporting training, skills gap development, and contractor management
  • Balancing hands-on and hands-off duties depending on operational needs


Requirements:
  • Multi-Skilled engineer with 5 years FMCG manufacturing experience
  • Proven engineering experience within FMCG manufacturing, food or packaging production
  • Level 3 or above in Engineering
  • Electrical certification or qualification (18th Edition or others considered)
  • PLC fault finding experience (I/O level)
  • Good knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, sensors, motors, and inverters
  • Strong communicator with good initiative and problem-solving ability

Good to Have:

  • PLC programming exposure
  • CI / improvement experience
  • OEM liaison experience
  • Health & Safety qualifications


How to Apply

If you're an experienced engineer who enjoys working alongside like minded engineers and wants to develop within a growing, well-invested operation, click Apply to submit your CV. Early applications are encouraged.


Consultant: Jackson

Code: INDEMN

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.


Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.


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