Maintenance Engineer – Multi-Skilled

Uniting Holding; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food processing company in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer. The role involves supporting factory operations, resolving breakdowns, and implementing improvements. Essential qualifications include training in Electrical or Mechanical engineering and relevant experience in sectors like food production or automotive. This position offers a salary of £42,383.11 along with excellent development opportunities and employee benefits.

Benefits

20 shifts holiday

Excellent development opportunities

Access to Grocery Aid

Employee discounts

Responsibilities

• Resolve breakdowns and deliver planned maintenance.
• Drive improvements across the site and introduce new machinery.
• Ensure hygiene, quality, and performance are maximized.

Skills

Engineering experience in food production, automotive, or pharmaceutical

Continuous improvement tools and techniques

TPM methodology awareness

Safe systems of working, LOTO

PUWER

Permit control

GMP

Education

Apprentice trained in Electrical or Mechanical

NVQ3/ONC/HNC in Electrical or Mechanical

Job description

Overview

Maintenance Engineer – Multi-Skilled

Days 6am to 6pm on a 2-2-3 working pattern

Week 1 - Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Week 2 - Wednesday, Thursday only

Salary £42,383.11

Direct Table Foods is one of the UK’s leading bacon, gammon and sausage processors. Based in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, we have a rich heritage stretching back more than 50 years and a strong vision for the future.

Joining our engineering team as a Maintenance Engineer – Multi- Skilled, your role will be to support the smooth running of the factory, resolving breakdowns and delivering planned maintenance. Alongside this, you will drive improvements across the site, introducing new machinery and ensuring hygiene, quality, and performance are maximised.

Day-to-day, your role will include reactive and proactive maintenance work, carried out to the highest levels across our entire factory.

Essential Qualifications

• Apprentice trained in a related engineering discipline: Electrical or Mechanical
• NVQ3/ONC/HNC in a related engineering discipline: Electrical or Mechanical

Skills and experience required

• Experience in engineering within food production, automotive, or pharmaceutical environment
• Continuous improvement experience, tools and techniques
• TPM methodology awareness
• Safe systems of working, LOTO
• PUWER
• Permit control
• GMP

What we offer

• Salary - £42,383.11
• 20 shifts holiday
• Hours of work - 6am to 6pm on a 2-2-3 working pattern
• Excellent development opportunities for the successful candidate
• Access to Grocery Aid providing emotional, practical and financial support
• Benefits and recognition hub - including amazing colleague discounts