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Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer - Essex
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Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer - Elec bias
Essex
Food Manufacturing | FMCG
Days Only (on call one week every six)
Salary: £53,000
The Opportunity
We are recruiting for a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established food manufacturing site operating within a continuous-process FMCG environment. This role is open to electrically biased engineers, offering a stable days-based position with a clear pathway to increased earnings through a structured on-call rota. The business has a strong focus on safety, sustainability, and long-term investment, supplying some of the UK's most recognisable food brands.
The Role
As a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, you'll maintain and improve electrical and mechanical systems across production and site services. You'll play a key role in reducing downtime, improving equipment reliability, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
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Key Responsibilities
- Planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance across production equipment
- Electrical work including 3-phase motors, MCCs, inverters, control panels, sensors, and safety circuits
- First-line PLC fault-finding and diagnostics (training available)
- Maintenance of processing and packaging lines in a continuous-process environment
- Logging work accurately via a CMMS system
- Supporting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement projects
- Participation in a 1-in-6 on-call rota (post-training / site familiarisation)
- Ensuring all work meets health & safety and food safety standards
The Ideal Candidate
- Recognised electrical apprenticeship
- Formal engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent)
- Experience in a maintenance role within FMCG, food, or continuous-process manufacturing
- Strong fault-finding skills in your core discipline
- Good working knowledge of health & safety in manufacturing
- Comfortable using CMMS systems
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Desirable (Not Essential)
- Experience with PLC-controlled machinery
- Exposure to Siemens or Allen Bradley PLCs
- HACCP / food safety awareness
- Background in continuous or high-volume manufacturing
What's on Offer
- £46,700 basic salary
- Earnings rising to £53,000 once on the 1-in-6 on-call rota
- Days-only shift pattern
- Secure, long-term role within a well-established FMCG business
- Strong commitment to training, development, and progression
- Supportive engineering team and safety-first culture
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