Contractor Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Synergi Recruitment; Chilton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Contractor Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a food manufacturing site in West London. The ideal candidate will have strong electrical skills and a background in FMCG. This role involves maintaining production machinery and responding to breakdowns. The position offers £40 per hour on a long-term contract with rotating 12-hour shifts.

Qualifications

• Strong electrical skills in maintenance.
• Background in FMCG or food manufacturing is essential.
• Confident in both electrical and mechanical fault finding.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance on machinery.
• Respond to electrical and mechanical breakdowns.
• Work on various production equipment.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical fault finding

Team player

Education

Time-served or formally qualified engineer

Job description

Contractor Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

About the job Contractor Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Contract Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer Electrical Bias
Location: West London
Rate: Outside IR35 | £40 per hour
Shift: Rotating Shifts - 12 hrs

The Role
We are looking for a Contract Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias to join a busy food manufacturing site in West London. You will be part of a small maintenance team responsible for keeping production machinery running efficiently. The role will involve:

• Carrying out planned preventive maintenance (PPM) on production machinery.
• Responding to electrical and mechanical breakdowns across the site.
• Working on a range of equipment including packaging machines, conveyors, wrappers, molders and robotics.
• Ensuring downtime is kept to a minimum and production targets are met.
• Supporting site projects and improvement work when required.
• Basic PLC fault finding may be involved, but this is primarily a hands-on maintenance role.

The Person

• Time-served or formally qualified multi skilled engineer with strong electrical skills.
• Background in FMCG or food manufacturing is essential.
• Confident in both electrical and mechanical fault finding.
• Able to work under pressure in a fast-moving, continuous process environment.
• Reliable, proactive and a good team player.

Offer

• £40 per hour (Outside IR35).
• Rotating Shifts - 12 hours
• Long term contract opportunity on a modern food production site.