Maintenance Engineer

Hunter Selection; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy is seeking a Maintenance Engineer in East London. The role involves planned and reactive maintenance on high-speed food production lines, requiring multi-skilled capabilities, ideally with HNC/HND qualifications. A competitive salary of £48,000, along with additional benefits including a bonus scheme, pension, and private healthcare, is offered.

Benefits

5% Bonus Scheme

Group Private Pension (9% Employer Contribution)

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Private Healthcare

Free Parking

Qualifications

• Must have worked in a similar food manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Experience of using SAP would be beneficial.
• Advantageous if worked with PLC systems.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, reactive maintenance and safety checks on production lines.
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding, repairs, stripdowns & overhauls.
• Improve plant availability and reliability.

Skills

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Electrical & mechanical fault finding

Problem solving skills

Knowledge of electrical safety isolation procedures

Experience with motors, sensors, inverters

Experience with PLC systems

Education

HNC / HND qualified in Engineering

Completed a recognised apprenticeship

Tools

SAP

Job description

Overview

Maintenance Engineer – East London (E16)

Hours: Monday–Friday Days (7am–3pm)

Salary: £48,000 + Overtime

Benefits:

• 5% Bonus Scheme
• Group Private Pension (9% Employer Contribution) + X4 Life Assurance
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Private Healthcare, 24/7 GP Service, EAP
• Enhanced Parental Policies, 3 Days Paid Voluntary Work, Income Protection
• Free Parking, EV Charging Zones

Our client is an established food manufacturer, part of a larger global group, with multiple sites worldwide. Due to growth & CI Projects at the site, they are looking for a new maintenance engineer to join their production & packaging team.

Role & Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, reactive maintenance and safety checks on all high-speed food production lines, packaging machinery, conveyors, metal detectors, labellers, baggers, checkweighers, PLCs, control panels, robotics, depositors
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding, repairs, stripdowns & overhauls
• Working on motors, gearboxes, VSDs, inverters, sensors, pneumatics, hydraulics, drives, bearings
• Improving plant availability, reliability and continuous improvement work
• Monitor contractors on site, ordering spares & parts

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
• Ideally have completed a recognised apprenticeship
• HNC / HND qualified in Engineering
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding and problem solving skills
• Previously have dealt with industrial processing & equipment and manufacturing systems
• Must have worked in a similar food manufacturing or FMCG environment
• Knowledge of electrical safety isolation procedures would be beneficial
• Must have worked on motors, sensors, inverters, gearboxes, VSDs, pneumatics, drives
• Experience of using SAP would be beneficial
• Advantageous if worked with PLC systems
• Any experience of working in an ATEX / CompEX environment would be great

How to Apply

To apply please email your CV / resume to [email address redacted].

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

About Hunter Selection

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business