Maintenance Engineer

Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days' holiday

Discretionary annual profit-related?

Company pension: 2% employer contrib.;

Bupa private medical insurance

Employee discounts platform

Free Company Shop membership

Job summary

Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd is recruiting on behalf of a family-run food manufacturer in Leicestershire for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (days only). The role offers a 3 on 3 off shift pattern with 12-hour days and a salary around £50,170.56 plus benefits.

You will diagnose and fix electrical and mechanical faults, perform planned maintenance, and support production to minimise downtime, working in a collaborative engineering team.

Qualifications

• Qualified in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Confident electrical fault-finding skills.
• Experience in food manufacturing is welcome but not essential.
• PLC knowledge is useful but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve electrical and mechanical faults in food processing equipment.
• Respond to breakdowns with production teams to minimise downtime.
• Carry out planned maintenance to prevent recurring problems.
• Identify and implement improvements to equipment reliability and efficiency.
• Record maintenance activity and maintain spare-parts records.
• Work safely and maintain high engineering and housekeeping standards.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Multi-skilled

Problem solving

Maintenance planning

Education

Electrical/Mechanical engineering qualification

Tools

PLC knowledge

Job description

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer - Days Only

Syston, Leicestershire | Permanent | £50,170.56 plus a wide range of company benefits.

3 on 3 off | 12-hour day shifts - no nights

Are you a Maintenance Engineer looking for a varied role without working nights?

Join an established engineering team on a 3 on 3 off, days-only shift pattern, using your electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills to solve problems and keep production running efficiently.

Wagstaff Recruitment & Careers Coaching is recruiting on behalf of a family-run food manufacturer with continued investment from its owners and a friendly, welcoming culture.

You'll join a team of four, including an Engineering Team Leader, where people share knowledge, support production and help each other get the job done.

Why join?

This is a forward-thinking business that invests in its people, equipment and ways of working. The site has implemented Redzone to support communication, record maintenance activity and help teams improve performance.

You'll have a varied workload, access to in-house and external training, and opportunities to develop and progress.

The role

Working across food processing equipment, automated packing lines and site services, you will:

• Diagnose and resolve electrical and mechanical faults.
• Respond to breakdowns, working closely with production to minimise downtime.
• Carry out planned maintenance to prevent recurring problems.
• Identify and implement improvements to equipment reliability and efficiency.
• Give production colleagues clear, practical advice and technical support.
• Record maintenance activity using Redzone and help maintain accurate spare-parts records.
• Work safely and maintain high engineering and housekeeping standards.

What we're looking for

You'll be an experienced maintenance engineer with a recognised electrical or mechanical engineering qualification and confident electrical fault-finding skills.

Your background could be fully multi-skilled, electrically biased with mechanical skills, or mechanically biased with electrical skills. What matters is your ability to diagnose electrical faults and contribute across a varied mechanical and electrical workload.

Food manufacturing experience is welcome but not essential. Experience maintaining equipment in another manufacturing environment is relevant. PLC knowledge would be useful, although it is not essential.

Just as important is your approach: helpful, practical and willing to work with colleagues. We're looking for someone with an engineering mindset who investigates problems, finds solutions and helps the team maintain high production efficiencies.

Benefits and wellbeing

• 23 days' holiday.
• Discretionary annual profit-related company bonus and an annual pay rise.
• Company pension: 2% employer contribution on joining, rising to 5% after two years.
• Bupa private medical insurance and cash plan: available to monthly paid employees, or weekly paid employees after two years' service, with access to physical and mental health support and wellbeing resources. Family cover can be added at your own cost; benefit-in-kind tax applies.
• Employee discounts platform: digital vouchers, over 1,400 cashback offers and exclusive discounts, with potential savings of up to £600 per year.
• Free Company Shop membership: access to discounted groceries and household products while helping reduce waste.