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Maintenance Engineer
MULTI SKILLED MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
Job Title: Maintenance Engineer
Location: Tiverton
Salary: Up to £55,000
Shift: 2's & 3's - days & nights
Job Role of the Maintenance Engineer
We are offering a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a modern, high-tech FMCG manufacturing site in Tiverton. The company has heavily invested in advanced automation, high-speed production lines, and continuous improvement initiatives, making it an excellent workplace for engineers seeking career development, technical growth, and future leadership opportunities.
You will be responsible for carrying out both electrical and mechanical maintenance, fault-finding, and planned preventative maintenance on a range of automated and semi-automated production machinery, ensuring maximum uptime and efficiency in a fast-paced FMCG environment.
Working on a 2's & 3's days and nights shift pattern, you will play a key role in reducing downtime, improving reliability, and supporting production performance across the site.
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Sector: FMCG Factory Maintenance
Non-Negotiable Requirements of the Maintenance Engineer
- Electrical maintenance experience within an industrial manufacturing or FMCG environment.
- Hands on experience with pre-planned, reactive and breakdown maintenance in a fast paced industrial factory.
- Ability to work a 2's & 3's days and nights shift pattern.
Requirements for the Maintenance Engineer
- Hands-on electrical fault-finding experience.
- Recognised electrical engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent).
- Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
- Mechanical maintenance experience (motors, gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics and hydraulics).
- Basic PLC fault-finding experience advantageous.
Desirable Requirements for the Maintenance Engineer
- Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer in the UK.
- Previous experience within FMCG, food, beverage or packaging environments.
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The Maintenance Engineer will benefit from:
- Working for a market-leading manufacturing business.
- Competitive salary up to £55,000.
- Company benefits package including pension, life insurance.
- Overtime opportunities.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Long-term job security within a stable and growing organisation.
If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills, then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.
For further details contact Gavin Klinger at Pioneer Selection.
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