Mechanical Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Major Recruitment Norwich; Eye; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

INDER is seeking a Mechanical Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer for Eye, Suffolk. The role focuses on maintaining mechanical production machinery and site facilities within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment, balancing planned maintenance with reactive repair work.

You will join a team that values reliability, safety and engineering excellence, contributing to continuous improvement and project work across the site.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification in mechanical maintenance engineering or equivalent.
• Experience as a multiskilled engineer in mechanical manufacturing or food production.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with pumps, motors, conveyors, gearboxes, bearings, valves and production machinery.
• Basic electrical maintenance knowledge and low voltage work.
• Experience using CMMS maintenance systems.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong awareness of health, safety and food manufacturing standards.
• Good IT skills including Excel and engineering software.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance (PPM) across production machinery and site equipment.
• Diagnose and repair faults on conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, motors, bearings, valves and packaging machinery.
• Complete reactive breakdown repairs quickly and effectively.
• Replace and refurbish worn or damaged mechanical components.
• Perform lubrication, alignment, adjustment and mechanical servicing activities.
• Conduct root cause analysis to prevent recurring equipment failures.
• Support machinery installation, upgrades and commissioning projects.
• Work collaboratively with electrical and mechanical engineering colleagues.
• Ensure full compliance with food safety, hygiene and health & safety standards.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records using CMMS systems.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects aimed at increasing reliability and efficiency.
• Help drive engineering best practice across the site.

Skills

Fault-finding

Problem solving

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Communication

Safety awareness

IT skills

Education

Engineering qualification (Mechanical)

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Mechanical Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Food Manufacturing Industry.

Location: Eye, Suffolk.

Contract: Full Time, Permanent.

Are you a hands on Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with a strong mechanical background looking for your next challenge within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment?

We are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with a Mechanical Bias to join a busy production facility where you'll play a vital role in keeping production machinery and site equipment running efficiently. This is an excellent opportunity to join a business that values reliability, continuous improvement, safety and engineering excellence.

The Role:

As a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving the performance of mechanical production machinery and site facilities. Working closely with the wider engineering team, you'll undertake both planned and reactive maintenance activities, ensuring downtime is minimised and operational efficiency is maximised.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across production machinery and site equipment.
• Diagnose and repair faults on conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, motors, bearings, valves and packaging machinery.
• Complete reactive breakdown repairs quickly and effectively.
• Replace and refurbish worn or damaged mechanical components.
• Perform lubrication, alignment, adjustment and mechanical servicing activities.
• Conduct root cause analysis to prevent recurring equipment failures.
• Support machinery installation, upgrades and commissioning projects.
• Work collaboratively with electrical and mechanical engineering colleagues.
• Ensure full compliance with food safety, hygiene and health & safety standards.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records using CMMS systems.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects aimed at increasing reliability and efficiency.
• Help drive engineering best practice across the site.

What They're Looking For:

• Recognised Engineering qualification in Mechanical Maintenance Engineering or similar.
• Proven experience as a Multiskilled Engineer within a mechanical manufacturing, food production, FMCG or industrial environment.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working on pumps, motors, conveyors, gearboxes, bearings, valves and production machinery.
• Basic electrical maintenance knowledge and confidence working with low voltage systems.
• Experience using CMMS maintenance systems.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong awareness of health, safety and food manufacturing standards.
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Excel and engineering software packages.

Package & Benefits:

• Competitive salary of up to £50,000 p.a. depending on skills, qualifications held and experience.
• Overtime opportunities available.
• Company pension scheme.
• Training and career development opportunities.
• Opportunity to work on a varied range of production equipment.
• Stable and growing food manufacturing business.
• Supportive engineering team culture.
• Employee benefits package.
• Continuous improvement and project involvement opportunities.

Sound Like You?

• You enjoy fault finding more than firefighting.
• You take pride in keeping manufacturing mechanical machinery running efficiently.
• You don't walk past a problem without wanting to fix it.
• You're always looking for a better way of doing things.

INDER