Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Vickerstock; Portadown; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day shift

Modern facilities

Supportive engineering team

Low staff turnover

Job summary

Vickerstock are recruiting a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer in Portadown, Co. Armagh. Salary £35,000 - £40,000, day shift, with modern facilities and ongoing investment.

You will maintain conveyors, robotics, PLC-controlled machinery, and automated production lines across chilled and ambient facilities, contributing to continuous improvement in a stable engineering team.

Qualifications

• Experience in a multi-skilled maintenance engineering role within a manufacturing/production environment.
• Electrical or mechanical engineering qualification or time-served experience.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills.
• Experience maintaining and repairing production machinery.
• Good understanding of planned preventative maintenance.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a small engineering team.
• Proactive approach to fault finding and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across production and packaging machinery.
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults to minimise production downtime.
• Maintain and troubleshoot PLC-controlled machinery, automated equipment and conveyor systems.
• Work with robotics and automated production equipment to ensure machinery operates efficiently.
• Identify recurring faults and implement improvements to increase equipment reliability.
• Support machinery installations, upgrades and modifications.
• Work closely with production colleagues to ensure equipment is maintained to a high standard.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure all work is completed in line with health and safety procedures.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing facilities.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

PLC troubleshooting

Robotics & automation

Conveyor systems

Team collaboration

Education

Electrical or mechanical engineering qualification or time-served experience

Job description

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Location: Portadown, Co. Armagh
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Hours: Day Shift

Vickerstock are proud to be working in partnership with an established and forward-thinking food manufacturing and packaging business in Portadown to recruit a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer to join a growing business that has invested in modern production facilities, automation and robotics.

With a strong focus on continuous improvement and a low staff turnover, this is an opportunity to join a stable engineering team in a varied, hands-on maintenance role, working across both traditional and automated production equipment.

The Role

As Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across the company's production and packaging facilities.

Working as part of a small, experienced engineering team, you will maintain a range of equipment including conveyors, robotics, PLC-controlled machinery and automated production lines.

The business operates both chilled and ambient production facilities, offering a varied engineering environment with opportunities to get involved in machinery improvements and ongoing investment projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across production and packaging machinery.

• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults to minimise production downtime.

• Maintain and troubleshoot PLC-controlled machinery, automated equipment and conveyor systems.

• Work with robotics and automated production equipment to ensure machinery operates efficiently.

• Identify recurring faults and implement improvements to increase equipment reliability.

• Support machinery installations, upgrades and modifications.

• Work closely with production colleagues to ensure equipment is maintained to a high standard.

• Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure all work is completed in line with health and safety procedures.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing facilities.

Essential Criteria

To be considered for this position, you will have:

• Previous experience in a multi-skilled maintenance engineering role within a manufacturing or production environment.

• A recognised electrical or mechanical engineering qualification, or relevant time-served experience.

• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills.

• Experience maintaining and repairing production machinery.

• A good understanding of planned preventative maintenance.

• The ability to work independently and as part of a small engineering team.

• A proactive approach to fault finding, problem-solving and continuous improvement.

Experience working with PLCs, robotics, conveyors or automated production equipment would be particularly advantageous.

What's on Offer

• Salary of £35,000 - £40,000, depending on experience.

• Day shift.

• 8.5-hour shifts with start times of 6am, 8am or 10am.

• Opportunity to work with modern machinery, robotics and automated production systems.

• Established business with low staff turnover.

• Small, experienced and supportive engineering team.

• Modern manufacturing facilities with ongoing investment in equipment and technology.

This position would suit a Maintenance Engineer who enjoys a hands-on role, wants to work with modern manufacturing equipment and is looking for a day-shift opportunity without the requirement to work nights.

All conversations will be treated in the strictest confidence.