Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – Mon-Fri, Food Manufacturing

SJR Partners; Wednesbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

8 bank holidays

3% company pension contribution

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Medicash healthcare scheme

Job summary

SJEngineering in Wednesbury, West Midlands, seeks a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a fast-paced food manufacturing site. You will perform planned preventive maintenance and reactive repairs across automated production and packaging equipment to maximise uptime.

This is a permanent, full-time role with Monday to Friday shifts, rotating mornings and afternoons. You will fault-find on electrical and mechanical systems, including PLCs, AC/DC drives, motors, hydraulics and pneumatics.

Qualifications

• Qualified to NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds Level 3 in an engineering discipline.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding capabilities.
• Experience with PLC fault finding, AC/DC drives, motors, hydraulics and pneumatics.
• Experience maintaining automated production or packaging machinery.
• Ideally apprentice-trained with experience in food manufacturing / FMCG.
• 18th Edition qualification desirable.
• Proactive maintenance approach with strong problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance and reactive breakdown repairs across production machinery.
• Fault-find and repair electrical and mechanical equipment including automated filling, seaming, packaging and blow moulding machines.
• Diagnose faults on PLC-controlled equipment, motors, drives, hydraulics and pneumatics.
• Support machinery installations, commissioning and continuous improvement projects.
• Identify recurring faults and implement improvements to reduce downtime.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records using the site CMMS.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with health, safety and food hygiene standards.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

PLC fault finding

AC/DC drives

Motors and hydraulics & pneumatics

Automated packaging machinery

FMCG environment

18th Edition

Proactive maintenance

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds Level 3 in engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

SJEngineering in Wednesbury, West Midlands, seeks a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a fast-paced food manufacturing site. You will perform planned preventive maintenance and reactive repairs across automated production and packaging equipment to maximise uptime.

This is a permanent, full-time role with Monday to Friday shifts, rotating mornings and afternoons. You will fault-find on electrical and mechanical systems, including PLCs, AC/DC drives, motors, hydraulics and pneumatics.