Engineering – Multi Skilled Engineer

Finsbury Food Group; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts via Benefits Hub

Job summary

Finsbury Food Group is seeking a fully qualified Multi‑Skilled Engineer to join the Scottish Cluster’s engineering team at Johnstone’s Food Service. The role covers planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of production equipment, ensuring compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety and GMP.

You’ll diagnose faults, perform repairs, record work in Mainsaver, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Qualified Multi-Skilled Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills.
• Experience in fast-paced manufacturing or FMCG environment (food production preferred).
• Competent with CMMS systems and maintenance planning.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and reactive maintenance on production equipment.
• Ensure compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety, and GMP standards.
• Diagnose faults, perform repairs, and identify root causes.
• Record activity, duration and materials in CMMS and manage engineering supplies.
• Identify improvements to machinery, lines and processes and support projects.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

CMMS (Mainsaver)

Root cause analysis

Maintenance planning

GMP awareness

Education

Electrical Apprenticeship

SVQ

HNC

Tools

Mainsaver CMMS

Job description

Location: Johnstone’s Food Service
Shift: Pitman, 06:30 – 18:30

We have an opportunity for a Multi Skilled Engineer to join our Engineering Team at Johnstone’s Food Service which forms part of our Scottish Cluster.

Johnstone’s produces a wide range of single‑serve traybake products – including a renowned caramel shortcake and chocolate brownies to a variety of Food Services, UK retailers and coffee shops such as Costa Coffee and Co‑Op.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK’s largest bakery businesses, along with great opportunities for growth and development. At Finsbury Food Group, we are passionate about investing in our teams, creating great development opportunities.

To be successful in this role, you will be a fully qualified Multi‑Skilled Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical expertise, ideally with experience in the food manufacturing industry. You’ll thrive in a fast‑paced environment, work well as part of a team, and demonstrate clear communication skills.

This is what you’ll actually do!

In this role, you’ll be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of production equipment, applying your electrical and mechanical skills to keep lines running efficiently. Your day‑to‑day work will involve ensuring compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety, and quality systems, as well as diagnosing faults, performing repairs, and identifying root causes. You’ll record all activity, duration, and materials in the CMMS system (Mainsaver) and manage engineering supplies to support ongoing maintenance needs.

You will also identify and recommend improvements to machinery, production lines, and operational processes, while supporting projects, continuous improvement activity, and productivity initiatives. Clear communication is key, as you’ll report unscheduled downtime and corrective actions to the Engineering Shift Manager or Production Manager. Maintaining high standards of housekeeping in line with GMP and supporting or coaching operators to develop basic asset care skills in their areas will also form part of your responsibilities.

This is a hands‑on role where your mechanical and electrical expertise, problem‑solving skills, and proactive approach will make a real impact on plant reliability and efficiency.

Ideally this is you!

• Qualified Multi‑Skilled Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills.
• Essential qualifications: Electrical Apprenticeship, SVQ, or HNC.
• Experience in a fast‑paced manufacturing or FMCG environment (food production preferred).
• Skilled in planned maintenance, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis across mechanical and electrical systems.
• Competent with CMMS systems, ideally Mainsaver.
• Strong understanding of Food Safety, Health & Safety, and GMP.
• Hands‑on, proactive, and able to work independently or as part of a team.
• Excellent communicator with clear, concise reporting and problem‑solving skills.

What’s in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in‑house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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