Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer Location: Portadown, Co. Armagh Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 Hours: Day Shift Vickerstock are proud to be working in partnership with an established and forward-thinking food manufacturing and packaging business in Portadown to recruit a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer to join a growing business that has invested in modern production facilities, automation and robotics. With a strong focus on continuous improvement and a low staff turnover, this is an opportunity to join a stable engineering team in a varied, hands-on maintenance role, working across both traditional and automated production equipment. The Role As Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across the company's production and packaging facilities. Working as part of a small, experienced engineering team, you will maintain a range of equipment including conveyors, robotics, PLC-controlled machinery and automated production lines. The business operates both chilled and ambient production facilities, offering a varied engineering environment with opportunities to get involved in machinery improvements and ongoing investment projects. Key Responsibilities Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across production and packaging machinery. Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults to minimise production downtime. Maintain and troubleshoot PLC-controlled machinery, automated equipment and conveyor systems. Work with robotics and automated production equipment to ensure machinery operates efficiently. Identify recurring faults and implement improvements to increase equipment reliability. Support machinery installations, upgrades and modifications. Work closely with production colleagues to ensure equipment is maintained to a high standard. Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure all work is completed in line with health and safety procedures. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing facilities. Essential Criteria To be considered for this position, you will have: Previous experience in a multi-skilled maintenance engineering role within a manufacturing or production environment. A recognised electrical or mechanical engineering qualification, or relevant time-served experience. Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills. Experience maintaining and repairing production machinery. A good understanding of planned preventative maintenance. The ability to work independently and as part of a small engineering team. A proactive approach to fault finding, problem-solving and continuous improvement. Experience working with PLCs, robotics, conveyors or automated production equipment would be particularly advantageous. What's on Offer Salary of £35,000 - £40,000, depending on experience. Day shift. 8.5-hour shifts with start times of 6am, 8am or 10am. Opportunity to work with modern machinery, robotics and automated production systems. Established business with low staff turnover. Small, experienced and supportive engineering team. Modern manufacturing facilities with ongoing investment in equipment and technology. This position would suit a Maintenance Engineer who enjoys a hands-on role, wants to work with modern manufacturing equipment and is looking for a day-shift opportunity without the requirement to work nights. To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Ruairi McCann, Recruitment Manager at Vickerstock on . Even if this position is not right for you, we may have others that are. Please visit the Vickerstock website to view a wide selection of our current jobs. All conversations will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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