Multi-Skilled Engineer (Mechanical Bias) – Food Manufacturing

Warburtons; Wednesbury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary profit share

Extra annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Personal development

Job summary

Warburtons is seeking a Multi-Skilled Engineer for our Wednesbury bakery site. You will blend mechanical and electrical engineering know-how to maintain, fault-find and improve automated equipment in a modern food manufacturing environment.

The role emphasizes preventing issues before they arise, reducing downtime, and sharing expertise with the wider maintenance team. A mechanical bias is welcome and collaboration with production is essential.

Qualifications

• Recognised engineering qualification such as Apprenticeship, HNC, BTEC or equivalent.
• Experience in maintenance within manufacturing or FMCG environments is preferred.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis abilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and fault-find on mechanical and electrical systems to keep equipment running safely and reliably.
• Use data and root cause analysis to implement long-term solutions and prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with Production, Safety and Hygiene teams to drive continuous improvement.
• Support automated equipment, processing and packaging systems to reduce downtime.
• Champion Health & Safety and quality standards in all maintenance activities.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Fault finding

Preventative maintenance

Root cause analysis

Education

Apprenticeship

HNC

BTEC or equivalent

Tools

RCM

CBM

Job description

Warburtons is seeking a Multi-Skilled Engineer for our Wednesbury bakery site. You will blend mechanical and electrical engineering know-how to maintain, fault-find and improve automated equipment in a modern food manufacturing environment.

The role emphasizes preventing issues before they arise, reducing downtime, and sharing expertise with the wider maintenance team. A mechanical bias is welcome and collaboration with production is essential.