Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Aberystwyth; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Employer pension contribution

Health and wellbeing support

Life assurance

Holiday allowance

Résumé du poste

Yolk Recruitment Ltd represents a well-invested food manufacturer in Aberystwyth seeking an electrically biased Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer. This permanent, days-based role offers a 4 on, 4 off pattern from 10:00am to 10:00pm with occasional weekend start/finish flexibility.

You will provide reactive maintenance, perform planned PMI on production equipment, fault-find electrical and mechanical faults, and support boilers, pasteurisation systems and utilities.

Qualifications

• Electrical training or qualifications with practical mechanical maintenance capability.
• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to fault-find and repair industrial machinery.
• Experience with planned and reactive maintenance.
• Experience in food/FMCG/pharma or regulated environments.
• Willingness to develop new technical skills.
• Ability to work safely around production machinery.
• Experience with boilers or process equipment is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Provide reactive maintenance to keep production equipment running.
• Perform planned preventive maintenance on production and site services.
• Diagnose faults and repair electrical and mechanical systems.
• Maintain boilers, processing equipment, and utilities.
• Record maintenance activity in the CMMS.
• Support downtime maintenance and equipment improvements.
• Collaborate with shift engineer and production teams.
• Follow health, safety, and food manufacturing procedures.

Connaissances

Electrical training

Fault finding

Planned maintenance

Reactive maintenance

Multi-skilled

Formation

Electrical training/qualifications

Outils

CMMS

Description du poste

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Aberystwyth
£40,000 to £48,000, depending on experience

Yolk Recruitment is representing an established and well-invested food manufacturer in the search for an electrically biased Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer looking for a permanent days-based shift. You will work a consistent 4 on, 4 off patterns from 10:00am to 10:00pm, joining an experienced and supportive engineering function within a busy manufacturing environment. There can be some flexibility around start and finish times at weekends, where agreed by the engineering team.

What You'll Do:

• Provide reactive engineering support to keep high-volume production equipment running safely and efficiently
• Complete planned preventive maintenance across production and site services equipment
• Diagnose electrical and mechanical faults, carrying out effective repairs to minimise disruption
• Work with equipment including processing machinery, pasteurisation systems, boilers, and associated utilities
• Support basic plumbing, mechanical strip-downs and general engineering activities when required
• Record and manage maintenance activity through a computerised maintenance management system
• Make the most of planned production downtime by completing maintenance, repairs, and equipment improvements
• Work closely with another engineer on shift and communicate effectively with production and wider site teams
• Follow robust health, safety, hygiene, and food manufacturing procedures always

What You'll Bring:

• Electrical training or qualifications, supported by practical mechanical maintenance capability
• Previous experience as a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Electrical Engineer or similar
• Confidence fault-finding and repairing industrial machinery
• Experience completing both planned and reactive maintenance
• Manufacturing experience, ideally gained within food, beverage, FMCG, pharmaceutical or another regulated production environment
• A practical, inquisitive approach and the willingness to develop new technical skills
• The ability to work safely in and around production machinery, including accessing confined or awkward equipment areas
• Experience with boilers, processing equipment, pasteurisation systems, or industrial utilities would be beneficial, but is not essential

Why You Should Apply:

This position offers a particularly attractive shift pattern for engineers who want the benefits of a 4 on, 4 off schedules without switching between days and nights. Your standard hours will be 10:00am to 10:00pm, giving you predictable working days and substantial time away from work.

You will be joining a site with experienced lead engineers, strong engineering coverage and a culture that takes health, safety, and fatigue management seriously. The business operates an established engineering structure, with engineers supported by lead engineers and engineering management.

The wider package includes:

• Salary from £40,000 up to £48,000, reflecting your current skills and experience
• Clear salary reviews and the potential for structured progression as your capabilities develop
• Approximately 23 days' annual leave for the shift pattern
• Employer pension contribution of 5%, with a 3% employee contribution
• Health and wellbeing support, including money back towards dental and optical costs
• Three times annual salary life assurance
• Holiday buying and selling options
• Company sick pay that increases with length of service
• Accredited technical training, with opportunities covering areas such as boilers, working at height and other relevant engineering skills
• Occasional voluntary overtime paid at time and a half

The site benefits from significant backing and continuing capital investment while retaining the collaborative atmosphere of a smaller operation where colleagues know one another and engineers can have a visible impact.