Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Adepto Technical Recruitment Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift allowance

Job summary

Adepto Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer for a busy food manufacturing site in the East Midlands. You will perform planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs and fault-finding across a range of production equipment, helping maximise plant performance and minimise downtime.

The successful candidate will be apprentice-trained with an Electrical or Mechanical bias, and experience in hygienic food production.

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained multiskilled maintenance engineer with electrical or mechanical bias.
• Experience in industrial manufacturing, food manufacturing preferred.
• PPM, predictive maintenance and reactive breakdown support.
• CMMS usage for maintenance records.
• Safe systems of work and permit-to-work familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across production equipment and systems.
• Diagnose faults, complete repairs and identify root causes to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime.
• Provide hands-on engineering support to production teams to maintain efficient plant operations.
• Carry out instrumentation calibration and fault-finding on electrical and control systems.
• Fault-find on HMIs, PLCs, DCS and SCADA systems.
• Accurately record maintenance activities, faults, root causes and spare parts usage within the CMMS.
• Review contractor RAMS and ensure all work is completed in line with permits to work, risk assessments and company safe systems of work.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health, safety, environmental and food safety standards.

Skills

Fault-finding

Record-keeping

Communication

Problem-solving

Safety-conscious

Education

City & Guilds Level 3 or NVQ Level 3 in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

HNC or HND in a relevant engineering discipline

NEBOSH or IOSH health and safety qualification

17th/18th Edition Wiring Regulations

CompEx EX01–EX04 / EX05–EX06

Job description

Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer – Food Manufacturing – East Midlands – Day Shifts!

£49,275 + 10% Shift Allowance

Our client is looking to recruit an experienced Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established food manufacturing operation. The role would suit an apprentice-trained Electrical or Mechanical Engineer with strong industrial maintenance experience, ideally within the food manufacturing sector. You will be responsible for planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs and fault-finding across a range of production equipment, helping to maximise plant performance and minimise downtime.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across production equipment and systems.
• Diagnose faults, complete repairs and identify root causes to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime.
• Provide hands‑on engineering support to production teams to maintain efficient plant operations.
• Carry out instrumentation calibration and fault‑finding on electrical and control systems.
• Fault‑find on HMIs, PLCs, DCS and SCADA systems.
• Accurately record maintenance activities, faults, root causes and spare parts usage within the CMMS.
• Review contractor RAMS and ensure all work is completed in line with permits to work, risk assessments and company safe systems of work.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health, safety, environmental and food safety standards.
• Maintain a clean, tidy and safe working environment across engineering facilities.
• Ensure maintenance manuals, diagnostic instructions and specialist tools are available to support the engineering team.
• Monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve repair times, reliability and mean time between failures.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve plant efficiency, reduce waste and minimise environmental impact.
• Work with the wider engineering team to achieve site engineering KPIs and production targets.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will be an apprentice-trained Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with an Electrical or Mechanical bias and experience working within an industrial manufacturing environment. Food manufacturing experience, particularly involving hygienic production equipment, is essential.

• Planned preventative and predictive maintenance, alongside reactive breakdown support.
• Instrumentation calibration and maintenance.
• Fault‑finding on HMIs, PLCs, DCS and SCADA systems.
• Using CMMS software to record and manage maintenance activities.
• Working safely within established risk assessments, safe systems of work and permit‑to‑work procedures.
• Supporting production teams to maximise equipment availability and minimise downtime.

Qualifications

• City & Guilds Level 3 or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering – essential.
• HNC or HND in a relevant engineering discipline – desirable.
• NEBOSH or IOSH health and safety qualification – desirable.
• 17th or 18th Edition Wiring Regulations – desirable.
• CompEx EX01–EX04 and/or EX05–EX06 – desirable.

What you'll bring

• A proactive, safety‑first approach to engineering and maintenance.
• Strong fault‑finding and problem‑solving skills.
• A commitment to food safety, hygiene and high engineering standards.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a wider engineering team.
• Good communication, record‑keeping and organisational skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on equipment reliability and operational efficiency.