Electrical Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Major Recruitment Norwich; Eye; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Overtime opportunities

Training and career development

Varied production equipment

Employee benefits package

Team-oriented engineering culture

Job summary

Major Recruitment Norwich is seeking an Electrical Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer for Eye, Suffolk, in a fast-paced food manufacturing setting. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on production and packaging equipment, diagnose electrical faults, and support upgrades to drive reliability and energy efficiency.

You will contribute to safe operations, keep downtime to a minimum and maintain accurate CMMS records.

Qualifications

• Recognised engineering qualification in Maintenance or Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Proven experience as a Multiskilled Engineer within manufacturing, food production, FMCG or industrial environment.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and maintenance experience.
• Knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, motors, drives and control systems.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider engineering team.
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of health, safety and engineering compliance requirements.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and engineering maintenance software.
• Excellent time management and a proactive approach to maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on production machinery.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults on manufacturing and packaging equipment.
• Fault find on PLC-controlled systems and HMIs.
• Maintain motors, sensors, inverters (VFDs), control panels and instrumentation.
• Perform electrical testing, inspection and calibration activities.
• Read and interpret electrical drawings and wiring diagrams.
• Support machinery upgrades, installations and improvement projects.
• Assist with mechanical repairs and breakdown response when required.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health, safety and food manufacturing standards.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records using CMMS systems.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance machine reliability, productivity and energy efficiency.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

PLC/HMI knowledge

Maintenance planning

Electrical engineering

Independent worker / Team player

MS Office / CMMS

Health & safety compliance

Engineering maintenance software

Education

Engineering qualification in Maintenance or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Electrical Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Food Manufacturing Industry.

Location: Eye, Suffolk.

Contract: Full Time, Permanent.

Are you a skilled Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with a strong electrical background looking for your next challenge? Join a successful food manufacturing business where you'll play a key role in keeping production equipment operating at peak performance while driving continuous improvement across the site.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, supporting modern production machinery, automation systems and site infrastructure while contributing to reliability, efficiency and future improvements.

The Role:

As a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with an Electrical Bias, you'll be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance activities across production and packaging equipment. You'll ensure machinery downtime is minimised, faults are quickly resolved and site performance continues to improve.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on production machinery.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults on manufacturing and packaging equipment.
• Fault find on PLC-controlled systems and HMIs.
• Maintain motors, sensors, inverters (VFDs), control panels and instrumentation.
• Perform electrical testing, inspection and calibration activities.
• Read and interpret electrical drawings and wiring diagrams.
• Support machinery upgrades, installations and improvement projects.
• Assist with mechanical repairs and breakdown response when required.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health, safety and food manufacturing standards.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records using CMMS systems.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance machine reliability, productivity and energy efficiency.

What They're Looking For:

• Recognised Engineering qualification in Maintenance, Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Proven experience as a Multiskilled Engineer within a manufacturing, food production, FMCG or industrial environment.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and maintenance experience.
• Knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, motors, drives and control systems.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider engineering team.
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of health, safety and engineering compliance requirements.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and engineering maintenance software.
• Excellent time management and a proactive approach to maintenance.

Package & Benefits:

• Competitive salary of up to £50,000 p.a. depending on skills, qualifications held and experience.
• Overtime opportunities available.
• Company pension scheme.
• Training and career development opportunities.
• Opportunity to work on a varied range of production equipment.
• Stable and growing food manufacturing business.
• Supportive engineering team culture.
• Employee benefits package.
• Continuous improvement and project involvement opportunities.

Sound Like You?

• You enjoy electrical fault finding more than firefighting.
• You take pride in keeping manufacturing equipment running efficiently.
• You don't walk past a problem without wanting to fix it.
• You're always looking for a better way of doing things.

If you were nodding along to the above, we'd love to hear from you!