Maintenance Engineer

Galaxy Personnel; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Galaxy Personnel is seeking a Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias) for a small, friendly team in the meat processing sector. You will respond swiftly to production breakdowns and carry out planned preventative maintenance across conveyors, evisceration equipment, and packaging lines at a Bury St Edmunds area site.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will ensure uptime, support continuous improvement projects, and comply with food safety standards like HACCP and BRC.

Qualifications

• NVQ in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or Maintenance Engineering.
• Experience with fault-finding in mechanical and basic electrical systems.
• Knowledge of HACCP or BRC food safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Respond to production breakdowns to maximise uptime.
• Perform preventative maintenance on conveyors, evisceration equipment, and packaging lines.
• Support continuous improvement and layout changes to reduce waste and improve safety.

Skills

Fault-finding (mechanical & electrical

Fluid dynamics & pumps

Food safety compliance

Education

NVQ in Mechanical Engineering / Mechatronics / Maintenance Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)

I am currently seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join my client’s small friendly team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager the successful candidate will play a key role in responding swiftly to production breakdowns and delivering planned preventative maintenance on a wide range of poultry processing and packing machinery, including conveyors, module and tray transport systems, plucking equipment, evisceration machinery, tray sealers, flow wrappers, and vacuum sealers.

Area: Bury St Edmunds

Salary: £52k to 55k depending on experience

Shift Pattern: Mon to Thu 6.30am till 15.00pm Fri 8am till 4pm

Job Type: Full-time, Perm

Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer Key Duties (Mechanically Biased)

• Preventative & Reactive Maintenance: Maximising "uptime" by servicing critical conveyor systems, defeathering machinery, automated evisceration equipment, and portioning/packaging systems.
• Industrial Refrigeration & Climate Control: Overseeing the plant's large-scale chilling tunnels and cold storage facilities that relies on specialised air-chilling techniques to preserve their meat, making temperature and airflow control highly critical.
• Hygiene & Washdown Compliance: Ensuring all machinery designs, seals, and gearboxes can withstand heavy-duty chemical cleaning and daily pressure washing without corroding or failing.
• Pneumatics, Hydraulics, & Steam: Maintaining the extensive network of pumps, steam boilers (used for scalding tanks), and air compressors that power the factory's automated lines.
• Continuous Improvement (CI): Modifying existing factory layouts or fabricating custom parts to reduce waste, speed up production lines, or improve workplace safety.

Experience and Qualifications

• NVQ in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Maintenance Engineering.

Skills

• Proficient fault-finding across mechanical and basic electrical systems (Multi-skilled), knowledge of fluid dynamics/pumps, and familiarity with food safety compliance regulations (like HACCP or BRC standards).

If you are a dedicated Maintenance Engineer with a passion for ensuring operational efficiency through effective maintenance practices,