Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Shift Maintenance Engineer (Multi-Skilled) Department: Engineering Reports To: Engineering Manager Overview: This is an excellent opportunity for a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving production, packaging, and site facilities to ensure maximum equipment reliability and efficiency. Job Summary: Working as part of the Engineering team, you will provide technical support across all production and packing areas, carrying out both preventative and reactive maintenance. You’ll play a key role in diagnosing faults, identifying improvement opportunities, and contributing to ongoing engineering projects to enhance site performance. Key Responsibilities: * Perform preventative and reactive maintenance on a wide range of production and packaging machinery. * Diagnose and repair faults on electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems. * Work with PLC-controlled and inverter-driven equipment. * Identify and implement process and equipment improvements. * Source and select spare parts as required. * Support with electrical and mechanical installation work. * Provide engineering input for ongoing projects and process optimisations. * Maintain accurate maintenance records and logbooks. * Report regularly to the Engineering Supervisor and Engineering Manager. (This list is not exhaustive and duties may evolve as the role develops.) Qualifications & Experience Required: * Advanced apprenticeship in Mechatronics, Maintenance Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent. * Level 3 Multiskilled qualification (industrial electrical/mechanical). * Proven experience maintaining and repairing high-speed food, pharmaceutical, or similar process and packaging equipment. Working Hours (Fixed Shift Pattern): Rotating shifts which are the following: * Week 1 & 2 Monday-Thursday Days/Afternoons * Week 3 Sunday-Thurs Nights Benefits: * Company pension scheme * 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service). * Life assurance cover * Cycle to Work scheme * Discretionary bonus

Location: Cheshire, WA7, GB

Posted Date: 11/19/2025