Maintenance Engineer

Jelly Technical; Nether Broughton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Jelly Technical is seeking a proactive Maintenance Engineer to join our award-winning manufacturing site in Melton Mowbray. You will maintain specialised portioning and packing machinery as part of a skilled engineering team, with a double day shift pattern Monday to Friday.

You will lead improvements through root cause analysis, carry out PPM schedules, and help deliver a programme of equipment investment and new installations while upholding health and safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Completed engineering or electrical qualifications via an apprenticeship or a relevant formal training route.
• Multi-skilled engineering background or strong electrical expertise in manufacturing.
• Proven awareness of workplace health and safety standards within a production facility.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and manage workload.
• Adaptable and flexible to changing demands and seasonal fluctuations.

Responsibilities

• Respond to critical machinery breakdowns to ensure quick, effective solutions and high equipment reliability.
• Carry out PPM schedules and review their effectiveness to prevent recurring issues.
• Identify, develop and implement continuous improvement projects using root cause analysis techniques.
• Complete necessary reports and update jobs on the site asset management system to support future troubleshooting.
• Ensure strict adherence to health and safety procedures, quality standards and hygiene regulations.

Skills

Root cause analysis

PPM scheduling

Workload management

Health & safety awareness

Communication skills

Education

Engineering or electrical qualifications via apprenticeship

Tools

Asset management system

Job description

Jelly Technical are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join an award-winning manufacturing business with over a hundred years of industry expertise. Based at a site in Melton Mowbray this business produces products for a global customer base. This company prides itself on a culture that supports a good balance of proactive work, equipment reliability and long-term engineering improvements.

In this Maintenance Engineer role, you will join a dedicated engineering team maintaining specialised portioning and packing machinery working a double day's shift pattern Monday - Friday, alternating weekly between Earlies (6am - 2pm) and Lates (2pm -10pm). Alongside reacting to breakdowns, you will play a key part in implementing improvement projects, utilising root cause analysis and supporting a significant ongoing strategy of facility investment and new equipment installation.

The role of a Maintenance Engineer:

• Respond to critical machinery breakdowns to ensure quick, effective solutions and high equipment reliability.
• Carry out PPM schedules and review their effectiveness to prevent recurring issues.
• Identify, develop and implement continuous improvement projects using root cause analysis techniques.
• Complete necessary reports and update jobs on the site asset management system to support future troubleshooting.
• Ensure strict adherence to health and safety procedures, quality standards and hygiene regulations.

Qualifications and experience needed for this Maintenance Engineer role:

• Completed engineering or electrical qualifications via an apprenticeship or a relevant formal training route.
• Multi-skilled engineering background or strong electrical expertise with experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven awareness of workplace health and safety standards within a production facility.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and manage your workload.
• Adaptable and flexible approach to meet changing business demands and seasonal fluctuations.
• Strong communication skills with a good level of accuracy when completing technical and numerical records.