Electro-Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Fast-Paced FMCG

D R Newitt & Associates; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

D R Newitt & Associates seeks a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias for a food manufacturing site in Weston-super-Mare. You will perform electrical and mechanical maintenance, fault finding on high-speed lines, and support plant services, including CMMS documentation.

Shifts rotate mornings, afternoons and nights, with one weekend per month. The role requires PLC familiarity, electro-mechanical repairs, and a proactive approach to downtime reduction and efficiency gains.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-speed manufacturing environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Electrical and Mechanical routine maintenance of equipment, quality inspections and fault finding on the production lines and process, working to minimise down time.
• Electro-mechanical repairs to high-speed, PLC's and packaging equipment, also pneumatic and hydraulic control systems.
• Effectively communicate with productions teams, providing timely updates on breakdowns/down time.
• Technical support for the plant facilities and services, including compressed air, refrigeration and steam.
• Ability to carry out Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Routines inspections, reports and remedial works.
• Support Production Team in achieving targets.
• Closely monitor production line and machine performance, identifying and investigating faults as well as improvement opportunities.
• Intervene online at points of failure and when reduction in performance occurs.
• Be observant and work off your own initiative with regards to fault detection, plan, communicate and execute remedial action as required.
• Analyse the efficiency of current procedures and suggest improvements.
• Work with equipment suppliers on new equipment, installations and modifications.
• Maintain cleanliness in any areas in which you are working and partake in achieving 5S standard.
• Co-operate and participate fully in training and development in cross-skilling and other job-related competencies.
• Proactively use the maintenance management system (CMMS), records of all changes, stores transactions made, and work carried out.
• Actively participate in toolbox talks and undertake permit to work and/or risk assessments (training provided).
• Contribute to machinery compliance with the relevant health and safety legislation, as well a relevant site food hygiene and safety requirements.

Skills

Electrical bias

Fault finding

PLC fault diagnosis

Electro-mechanical repair

Preventive maintenance

5S

Troubleshooting

Tools

CMMS

Job description

D R Newitt & Associates seeks a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias for a food manufacturing site in Weston-super-Mare. You will perform electrical and mechanical maintenance, fault finding on high-speed lines, and support plant services, including CMMS documentation.

Shifts rotate mornings, afternoons and nights, with one weekend per month. The role requires PLC familiarity, electro-mechanical repairs, and a proactive approach to downtime reduction and efficiency gains.