Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – FMCG (Days/Nights)

Wagstaff Recruitment; Frome; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Death in service 2x Salary

25 days + Bank Holiday

Job summary

Wagstaff Recruitment is sourcing a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a leading FMCG employer in Wiltshire. The role covers reactive and planned maintenance in a fast-paced food processing environment, with a broad range of equipment including fillers, labellers, and conveyors.

The successful candidate will have an NVQ Level 3 in Engineering (or equivalent), hands-on FMCG experience, strong PLC fault-finding skills, and the ability to diagnose electrical and mechanical faults across

Qualifications

• Ideally completed a time-served apprenticeship or possess equivalent qualifications (minimum NVQ Level 3 in Engineering).
• Hands-on experience in the food or FMCG/packaging sectors.
• Strong PLC fault-finding abilities.
• Comfortable performing large mechanical repairs and fault diagnostics.
• Proficient in electrical and mechanical troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with industrial mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, motors, and gearboxes.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive and planned maintenance within a fast-paced food processing, production, and packaging environment.
• Troubleshoot and repair industrial plant equipment, including site services, conveyors, drives, shafts, pumps, and compressors.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives using lean manufacturing principles.
• Conduct electrical and mechanical fault diagnosis and maintenance activities.
• Contribute to project work, such as machinery upgrades, new installations, and ongoing process improvements.
• Work on diverse equipment including fillers, labellers, palletisers, sealers, pneumatics, PLCs, hydraulics, motors, gearboxes, power presses, printers, and forming machines.

Skills

PLC fault-finding

Electrical troubleshooting

Mechanical troubleshooting

Food/FMCG experience

Time-served apprenticeship

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering

Job description

Wagstaff Recruitment is sourcing a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a leading FMCG employer in Wiltshire. The role covers reactive and planned maintenance in a fast-paced food processing environment, with a broad range of equipment including fillers, labellers, and conveyors.

The successful candidate will have an NVQ Level 3 in Engineering (or equivalent), hands-on FMCG experience, strong PLC fault-finding skills, and the ability to diagnose electrical and mechanical faults across