Maintenance Engineer

Refresco; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 55,238 - 67,513; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Manufacturer training

Career development planning

Supportive team of engineers

Life assurance

Enhanced holiday allowance

Free online medical support

Employee benefits platform

Job summary

Refresco in Bridgwater seeks a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to maintain high standards within their operations. Your expertise will ensure that machinery runs efficiently and without interruption.

The role involves diagnosing mechanical and electrical issues, supporting maintenance projects, and working with advanced processing equipment. Applicants should have an L3 engineering qualification and experience in fault-finding.

Qualifications

• Time-served or qualified at Level 3 in engineering.
• Experience in troubleshooting mechanical and electrical faults.
• Capability to handle a variety of processing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Support planned and reactive maintenance work.
• Work closely with the Engineering Team Leader for service delivery.
• Diagnose and resolve engineering faults quickly.

Skills

Multi-skilled background

Confidence to propose new ideas

Attention to detail

Experience with processing equipment

Fault-finding skills

Education

L3 engineering qualification

Job description

Are you a problem solver with a passion for keeping things running smoothly? Join our team as a Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer, where every day presents a new challenge and an opportunity to make a real impact. You'll be at the heart of our operations, ensuring that our equipment is always in peak condition and that our production never skips a beat. If you're driven by precision, thrive under pressure, and take pride in your ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly, this is the perfect role for you. Step into a career where your expertise keeps us moving forward, and your skills are truly valued.

Compensation and Benefits

£61,376 – Overtime paid at X1.5. Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off, 12‑hour shifts (days and nights), 24/7 coverage, average of 42 hours per week.

• Manufacturer training
• Career development planning
• Supportive team of engineers/engineering managers
• Life assurance
• Enhanced holiday allowance
• Free online medical support
• Access to employee benefits platform – flexible benefits such as healthcare plans, dental plans, car schemes, activity passes and more
• State‑of‑the‑art facility with variety of equipment

About the role

You will be an integral part of your team, ensuring the factory is kept up and running to its highest capacity, and working as part of a focused maintenance team. You will support both planned and reactive maintenance work on state‑of‑the‑art equipment including pallet wrappers, shrink wrappers, conveyors, check weighers, palletizers, packaging machinery, processing systems, specialist food processing machinery, silos, pumps, pipework, and more.

Daily tasks

• Work closely with the Engineering Team Leader to deliver high‑quality engineering service.
• Rapidly diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical, basic control, and instrumentation faults.
• Complete a full range of maintenance activities across the entire installed asset base within your work area.
• Continuously work to improve performance, delivering site efficiency and performance standards.
• Get involved with factory improvement projects.

About you

• L3 engineering qualification or time‑served.
• Multi‑skilled background – either biased.
• Confidence to propose new ideas and suggestions.
• Accuracy and great attention to detail in daily tasks.
• Experience working on processing equipment: pipework, pumps, silos, turning equipment.
• Additional skillset: fault‑finding in panels, sensors, relays, inverters, drives, motors, pneumatics, and pipework.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.