Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Synergi Recruitment; London Borough of Barking and Dagenham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £55K

Up to 10% annual bonus

Holiday (incl. bank holidays)

Private medical insurance

Pension with salary sacrifice

Ongoing training & development

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

Synergi Recruitment is seeking an experienced Multi-skilled Engineer to lead overnight maintenance on a fast-paced food manufacturing site in London. You will handle breakdowns, perform fault-finding, and drive maintenance routines to keep lines running smoothly.

You'll work 4 on 4 off, 12-hour nights, with a focus on ownership and independent decision-making. PLC exposure and night-shift capability are highly valued for this role.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills, including three-phase, motors, drives and control systems.
• Solid mechanical knowledge.
• Background in food, FMCG or fast-paced manufacturing.
• Night shift experience and the confidence to make decisions on your own.

Responsibilities

• Lead response to breakdowns and get lines back up quickly.
• Diagnose electrical and mechanical faults across production and packaging equipment.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance to keep reliability high.
• Support wider site maintenance and facilities tasks.
• Work with production and hygiene teams to maximise machine performance.
• Drive continuous improvement and shape how the site runs.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical knowledge

Night shift experience

Ownership & accountability

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLC experience

PAT testing

Job description

Looking for nights that pay, a role where you're trusted to run the shift, and a business that's growing around you? This is it.

A well-established food manufacturer is building up its engineering team and needs a strong Multi-skilled Engineer to look after the site overnight. This isn't a big corporate setup where you're one name on a rota. You'll be hands-on, trusted, and the person the site relies on to keep everything running.

You'll work 4 on 4 off, 12-hour nights, with half the year off the clock. Each night is different:

The Role

• Leading the response to breakdowns and getting lines back up quickly
• Diagnosing electrical and mechanical faults across production and packaging equipment
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance to keep reliability high
• Supporting wider site maintenance and facilities tasks
• Working closely with production and hygiene teams and helping operators get the best from their machines
• Driving continuous improvement and making your mark on how the site runs

You'll be working with conveyors, ovens, heat sealers, checkweighers, motors, drives, pumps, pneumatics, control panels and PLC-controlled equipment.

What You'll Bring

• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills, including three-phase, motors, drives and control systems
• Solid mechanical knowledge
• A background in food, FMCG or fast-paced manufacturing
• Night shift experience and the confidence to make decisions on your own
• A can-do attitude: you take ownership and get stuck in wherever you're needed
• Bonus points for: 18th Edition, PLC experience, PAT testing or facilities maintenance.

What's on Offer

• £55K
• Up to 10% annual bonus
• holiday, including bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Company pension with a salary sacrifice option
• Ongoing training and development, both in-house and external
• Cycle to Work Scheme