Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Meridian Business Support; Greater Lincolnshire; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £45,615 incl 15% shift

38-hour week

26 days leave + BH

Buy/sell 5 days

7.5% employer pension

Training & development

Permanent position in Doncaster

No travel between sites

Job summary

Meridian Business Support is recruiting for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) to join a Doncaster-based manufacturing team. The role is site-based with no travel, offering a strong salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

You'll work in a highly automated environment, handling both planned maintenance and rapid breakdown response, with a rotating 3-shift pattern and a 38-hour week.

Qualifications

• Recognised engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.
• Experience as mechanical or electrical maintenance engineer.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience in manufacturing or FMCG environments.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on production machinery.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical/electrical faults to minimise downtime.
• Maintain conveyors, packaging and automated equipment.
• Install and service pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical systems.
• Support continuous improvement to boost reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with operations to maximise efficiency.
• Complete maintenance documentation and ensure safety/quality compliance.

Skills

Fault-finding

Troubleshooting

Diagnostic skills

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship or BTEC/ONC or equivalent

Tools

PLCs

SCADA systems

Automation equipment

Job description

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) Doncaster |£45,615 per annum (including 15% shift allowance) |Permanent | 38 hours per week | Rotating 3-Shift Pattern

Looking for a role with a strong salary, excellent benefits and long-term career prospects? Meridian Business Support is recruiting on behalf of a well-established manufacturing business for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) to join their engineering team in Doncaster. This is a site-based role with no travel required, offering the opportunity to work within a highly automated production environment where reliability, continuous improvement and teamwork are key.

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical), you will be responsible for keeping production equipment operating safely and efficiently, supporting both planned preventative maintenance and rapid response to breakdowns.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across a range of production machinery and equipment


• Diagnosing and repairing mechanical and electrical faults to minimise downtime


• Maintaining conveyors, elevators, palletisers, packaging machinery and automated production equipment


• Installing, servicing and modifying pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical systems


• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment reliability and performance


• Working closely with operations teams to maximise production efficiency


• Completing maintenance documentation and ensuring compliance with health, safety and quality standards

Shift Pattern

Week 1: 6:00am to 2:00pm Mon-Thu; 6:00am to 12:00pm Fri

Week 2: 2:00pm to 10:00pm Mon-Thu; 12:00pm to 6:00pm Fri

Week 3: 10:00pm to 6:00am Mon-Thu; 6:00pm to 12:00am Fri

To be successful in this Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) position, you will have:

• A recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or engineering qualification such as BTEC, ONC or equivalent


• Previous experience as a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Technician, Shift Engineer, Production Engineer or similar


• Strong fault-finding, troubleshooting and diagnostic skills


• Experience within manufacturing, FMCG, production, processing or another fast-paced industrial environment


• Knowledge of preventative maintenance, breakdown repair and continuous improvement processes


• Experience working with mechanical and/or electrical systems, including hydraulics and pneumatics


• Experience with PLCs, SCADA systems, automation, packaging equipment, conveyors or process machinery would be beneficial but is not essential.

Joining as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) offers a comprehensive package including:

• £45,615 annual salary including 15% shift allowance


• 38-hour working week


• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays


• Additional day's holiday after 5 years' service


• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days' holiday after your first full year


• 7.5% employer pension contribution


• Ongoing training and career development opportunities


• Stable permanent position with a respected manufacturer


• No travel between sites, based solely in Doncaster

If you are a mechanically biased, electrically biased or genuinely multi-skilled professional looking for a secure role within a successful manufacturing operation, we'd like to hear from you.