Hands-On Maintenance Engineer – Automated & Packaging Machinery

ATA Recruitment; Beckingthorpe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

6% Matched Pension

8% bonus

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Job summary

ATA Recruitment supports a long-established food manufacturer with a 100+ year history, seeking a Maintenance Engineer for their Bottesford site. The role offers double day shifts (6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm) with a salary of £40,040 - £44,027 and excellent benefits.

You’ll be hands-on, fault‑finding and maintaining a range of production and packing equipment. You will read electrical and mechanical drawings, perform reactive and planned maintenance, support improvements to reduce downtime, and work

Qualifications

• A Level 3 Engineering qualification or equivalent.
• Previous experience in a maintenance engineering role.
• Strong mechanical/electrical maintenance capabilities.
• Good ability to read engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Reactive and Planned Preventative Maintenance.
• Electrical and mechanical fault-finding.
• Working on automated production and packing machinery.
• Reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings.
• Identifying recurring faults and supporting improvements.
• Minimising downtime with production teams.
• Supporting installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Maintaining maintenance records and safety standards.
• Collaborating with the engineering team to maintain plant availability.

Skills

Fault finding

Reading drawings

Maintenance experience

Electrical maintenance

Team collaboration

Education

Level 3 Engineering qualification

Job description

ATA Recruitment supports a long-established food manufacturer with a 100+ year history, seeking a Maintenance Engineer for their Bottesford site. The role offers double day shifts (6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm) with a salary of £40,040 - £44,027 and excellent benefits.

You’ll be hands-on, fault‑finding and maintaining a range of production and packing equipment. You will read electrical and mechanical drawings, perform reactive and planned maintenance, support improvements to reduce downtime, and work