Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – FMCG Bakery Automation

Synergi Recruitment; Richings Park; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Company pension

Annual bonus

Health cash plan

Overtime opportunities

Career development

Modern automated manufacturing site

Job summary

Our client, a leading UK bakery manufacturer, is seeking a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a highly automated FMCG operation. You will maintain and improve production/packaging equipment, focusing on uptime, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Ideal candidates have time-served engineering experience or NVQ3 in Electrical/Mechanical, with strong electrical and mechanical skills, and experience with automated lines. Excellent problem-solving is essential.

Qualifications

• Time-served engineer with electrical or mechanical certification.
• Experience in FMCG or similar fast-paced manufacturing.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Multi-skilled background with automation exposure.
• Ability to read electrical/mechanical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical fault-finding on automated production and packaging machinery.
• Diagnose faults using electrical drawings, schematics and control systems.
• Support PLC fault finding and diagnostics.
• Carry out reactive breakdown maintenance and planned preventative maintenance.
• Undertake mechanical strip-downs, repairs and rebuilds.
• Identify recurring faults and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Support equipment installations, upgrades and commissioning.
• Carry out root cause analysis and contribute to reliability projects.
• Work with production teams to minimise downtime and maintain safety.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical maintenance

Diagnostics

Root cause analysis

PLC fault finding

Reading electrical/mechanical drawings

Automation experience

Problem-solving

Three-phase systems

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLC systems

Control panels

Job description

Our client, a leading UK bakery manufacturer, is seeking a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a highly automated FMCG operation. You will maintain and improve production/packaging equipment, focusing on uptime, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Ideal candidates have time-served engineering experience or NVQ3 in Electrical/Mechanical, with strong electrical and mechanical skills, and experience with automated lines. Excellent problem-solving is essential.