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Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
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Astute’s Renewables team is partnering with a leading industrial processing business to recruit a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for its site in Chipping Campden.
The Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer role comes with a salary of £45,000 – £50,000 DOE, a £460 per week standby allowance (1 week in 4), and the opportunity to join a growing engineering team responsible for maintaining highly automated plant equipment.
If you’re a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding experience and are looking to join a business where you’ll have genuine autonomy, technical variety, and opportunities for continuous improvement, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties of the Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer role
Reporting To The Maintenance Manager You Will
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdown repairs across a range of industrial plant and machinery.
- Diagnose and repair both electrical and mechanical faults, ensuring maximum equipment uptime.
- Fault-find and troubleshoot PLCs, sensors, instrumentation, control systems and associated automation equipment.
- Maintain and repair three-phase electrical systems, motors, drives, switchgear, relays and control panels.
- Repair and overhaul mechanical equipment including conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, hydraulics, pneumatics and valves.
- Complete maintenance records accurately using the site’s CMMS system.
- Ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely, following Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) procedures and company health & safety standards.
- Support continuous improvement projects by identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability and performance.
- Participate in the on-call rota (1 week in every 4), responding to site breakdowns when required.
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Professional Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- Recognised engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, BTEC, HNC/HND or equivalent).
- Strong multi-skilled maintenance experience with both mechanical and electrical competency.
- 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.
- Experience fault-finding on PLC-controlled machinery and automated production equipment.
- Previous experience within manufacturing, processing, FMCG, automated warehousing or heavy industrial environments.
- BS2391 Inspection & Testing and COMPEX qualifications would be advantageous but are not essential.
Personal skills
The Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer role would suit someone who is:
- Equally confident working on both electrical and mechanical systems.
- Calm under pressure with excellent fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
- Self-motivated with strong attention to detail.
- Safety conscious with a proactive approach to engineering best practice.
- An effective communicator who enjoys working collaboratively across departments.
- Committed to continuous improvement and finding long-term engineering solutions.
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Salary and benefits of the Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer role
- £45,000 – £50,000 depending on experience.
- £460 per week standby allowance (1 week in every 4).
- Monday to Friday working pattern (42.5 hours per week).
- Opportunity to work on a wide variety of industrial equipment and automation systems.
- Long-term career development within a growing engineering business.
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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