Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

The Sterling Choice; Hadham Cross; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Recognition & wellbeing programmes

Career progression

Job summary

The Sterling Choice is seeking a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer to join a fast-paced production environment. You will diagnose faults in mechanical, electrical and PLC systems, perform planned, preventative and reactive maintenance, and support new installs on production lines.

You'll work on 4 on / 4 off, days and nights, driving continuous improvement and keeping precise records. This role offers real engineering responsibility in a food manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Solid experience as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer.
• Experience with electrical fault finding on PLCs and control panels.
• PLC fault finding with confidence in automation systems.

Responsibilities

• Keep the plant running with planned, preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Diagnose and rectify mechanical, electrical and automation faults.
• Support installs, refurbishments and upgrades of production lines.
• Drive continuous improvement and maintain accurate records.
• Work 4 on / 4 off, days and nights.

Skills

Maintenance engineer

Electrical fault-finding

PLC fault-finding

Mechanical repair

Controls knowledge

Education

Apprenticeship / NVQ Level 3

Tools

CMMS / maintenance software

Job description

Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer

Fed up with maintenance jobs where "career progression" is just something they write in the advert and never materialise into anything further?

This one's different.

We need a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer who can walk onto a fast-paced production floor, diagnose a fault before anyone's finished explaining the symptoms, and fix it — mechanical, electrical, or PLC — without needing three sign-offs.

You'll be doing planned, preventative and reactive maintenance. You'll be elbow-deep in PLCs, motors, control panels and production lines. You'll be the person breakdowns get sent to, and the person new machinery installs get built around. Real engineering, real responsibility, real variety.

What you'll actually be doing:

• Keeping the plant running — planned, preventative, reactive, the lot
• Electrical fault finding on PLCs, motors and control panels
• Diagnosing and rectifying mechanical, electrical and automation faults
• Supporting installs, refurbs and upgrades
• Driving continuous improvement, not just patching problems
• Keeping records straight and stock levels sorted
• Working 4 on / 4 off, days and nights

What you'll need:

• Solid experience as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, ideally in food manufacturing or FMCG
• Apprenticeship trained, or City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 in Electrical, Electro-Mechanical or equivalent
• Genuine mechanical and electrical competence — PLC fault finding you're actually confident with
• A problem-solver who fixes the root cause, not just the symptom
• Someone who can work solo or as part of a team without missing a beat
• Decent PC literacy and comfort with maintenance management systems
• A solid grip on H&S and food hygiene protocols

Bonus points for:

• 18th Edition Wiring Regs
• PLC programming experience
• 3+ years in food manufacturing or FMCG

What's in it for you:

• £53,000 - £55,000
• Company pension
• Recognition & wellbeing programmes
• Genuine progression — not the kind that only exists in the job advert