Maintenance Engineer – Food Production & Automation

Impact Recruitment Services; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-shift pattern

Autonomy and responsibility

Opportunity to develop engineering-sk

Clean, well-run environment

Hands-on machinery role

Key part of engineering function

Job summary

Impact Recruitment are recruiting a Maintenance Engineer for a food manufacturing site in Wellingborough. The role is predominantly mechanical with electrical elements, offering autonomy and opportunities to develop skills within a well-run site.

The ideal candidate will have a strong mechanical maintenance background, electrical knowledge for fault finding, and experience with both planned and reactive maintenance. Salary £45,000-£50,000; permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical engineering or maintenance background.
• Good electrical knowledge and basic electrical fault finding.
• Experience with planned and reactive maintenance.
• Hands-on with repairs and maintenance across production environments.
• 17th or 18th Edition electrical qualification is desirable.
• Experience with conveyors, labelling, packaging or similar production machinery.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across production machinery and site equipment.
• Respond to breakdowns and carry out reactive maintenance to minimise downtime.
• Fault-find, repair and maintain production machinery including conveyors, labelling machinery, sealing equipment and other production lines.
• Carry out inspections, servicing and general maintenance to ensure equipment remains safe and reliable.
• Complete workshop maintenance, repairs and general engineering tasks using hand and power tools.
• Identify recurring faults and contribute to improvements in machinery reliability.
• Support continuous improvement and automation projects across the site.
• Order spare parts and maintain accurate engineering records.
• Work closely with the Operations team to minimise downtime and keep production running efficiently.
• Maintain high standards of health & safety, food hygiene and housekeeping.

Skills

Mechanical background

Electrical knowledge

Maintenance experience

Fault finding

Independent worker

Problem solving

Job description

Impact Recruitment are recruiting a Maintenance Engineer for a food manufacturing site in Wellingborough. The role is predominantly mechanical with electrical elements, offering autonomy and opportunities to develop skills within a well-run site.

The ideal candidate will have a strong mechanical maintenance background, electrical knowledge for fault finding, and experience with both planned and reactive maintenance. Salary £45,000-£50,000; permanent contract.