Maintenance Engineer – Food Production & PLCs

Years.com - More Years Together; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & Development budget

Wellbeing support

Wellbeing budget

Volunteer day per year

Team events discounts

Lunch & Learn sessions

Casual dress

Birthday day off

Job summary

Years is a fast-scaling UK food business specialising in human-grade, personalised dog meals. We are seeking a Maintenance Engineer to maintain production equipment, diagnose faults, and support new installations while growing with the company.

You will join a small, ambitious team, respond to live breakdowns, run PPM schedules, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives as we expand manufacturing capabilities and scale internationally.

Qualifications

• Mechanical engineering background with some electrical knowledge such as motors, VFDs and solenoids.
• Experience or exposure to planned preventive maintenance in production/manufacturing.
• Basic fault-finding skills on production machinery (packaging, conveyors, mixers, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery.
• Respond to reactive breakdowns and perform first-line fault diagnosis and repair.
• Maintain accurate maintenance logs, repair records and PPM completion.
• Support installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Follow all food safety, hygiene, and health & safety procedures.
• Assist with continuous improvement and equipment modification projects.
• Keep workshop and spares organised and well-stocked.
• Build relationships with Production to support fast resolution of line issues.
• Develop knowledge of PLC-controlled systems and automation under guidance.
• Escalate complex faults clearly to senior engineers.

Skills

Mechanical background

PPM experience

Fault diagnosis

Food safety

Communication

PLC & automation

Flexibility

Job description

Years is a fast-scaling UK food business specialising in human-grade, personalised dog meals. We are seeking a Maintenance Engineer to maintain production equipment, diagnose faults, and support new installations while growing with the company.

You will join a small, ambitious team, respond to live breakdowns, run PPM schedules, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives as we expand manufacturing capabilities and scale internationally.