Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

Energy Jobline CVL; Aberystwyth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £40k-£48k

Pension 5% / 3%

Healthcare & wellbeing

Life assurance

Training opportunities

Overtime pay

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is representing an established food manufacturer in Aberystwyth, seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (electrically biased) to join a busy manufacturing site. The role is days-based with a 4-on/4-off pattern, 10:00am–10:00pm, offering a clear path for progression and ongoing training.

You will perform reactive and planned maintenance on processing machinery, boilers, and utilities, recording activity in the CMMS and working alongside another engineer.

Qualifications

• Electrical training or qualifications with practical mechanical maintenance capability.
• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer or similar with fault-finding skills.
• Experience completing both planned and reactive maintenance in manufacturing.
• Knowledge of boilers, processing equipment or pasteurisation systems a bonus.
• Ability to work safely around production machinery.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Electrical training

Mechanical maintenance

Fault finding

Planned maintenance

Reactive maintenance

Safety awareness

Tools

CMMS

Job description

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

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 halfThe 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.

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