Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrically-Biased)

LJ Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

LJ Recruitment is seeking an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias to join a well-established food manufacturing business in Norfolk. This hands-on role focuses on maintaining production equipment, reducing downtime, and ensuring machinery operates safely and efficiently.

You will perform preventative and reactive maintenance, diagnose faults, and work with PLCs and control systems to keep production running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Experience in a multi-skilled maintenance role within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Good mechanical maintenance knowledge.
• Experience with PLCs, automation and industrial control systems.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and preventative maintenance.
• Relevant electrical or engineering qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults.
• Troubleshoot PLCs, motors, drives, sensors and control systems.
• Maintain and improve production machinery and equipment.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise production downtime.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and performance.
• Ensure all work complies with health, safety and engineering standards.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical maintenance

PLCs & automation

Preventative maintenance

Problem solving

Education

Electrical or engineering qualifications

Tools

Industrial control systems

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias to join a well-established food manufacturing business in Norfolk.

This is a hands-on role where you'll play a key part in maintaining production equipment, minimising downtime and ensuring machinery operates safely and efficiently.

What you'll be doing:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.
• Diagnosing and repairing electrical and mechanical faults.
• Troubleshooting PLCs, motors, drives, sensors and control systems.
• Maintaining and improving production machinery and equipment.
• Responding quickly to breakdowns to minimise production downtime.
• Identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability and performance.
• Ensuring all work complies with health, safety and engineering standards.

What we're looking for:

• Experience in a multi-skilled maintenance role within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Good mechanical maintenance knowledge.
• Experience with PLCs, automation and industrial control systems.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and preventative maintenance.
• Relevant electrical or engineering qualifications.

Food manufacturing experience would be advantageous, but strong maintenance experience from other manufacturing sectors will also be considered.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive Salary
• Continental shift pattern covering days and nights.
• The opportunity to work with modern production equipment.
• A varied, hands-on engineering role within an established manufacturing operation.
• The chance to make a real impact on equipment reliability and production performance.

If you're an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer looking for a new opportunity in the Norfolk area, we'd love to hear from you.