Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer | 4on4off Days

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Chard Town; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 61,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a well‑established manufacturer in Chard, Somerset. You will be responsible for maintaining a wide range of production and packaging equipment, with a strong focus on electrical fault finding and safe, reliable operation.

The role involves planned preventative and reactive maintenance, fault diagnosis, and supporting continuous improvement projects to maximise plant uptime.

Qualifications

• Time-served apprenticeship or recognised engineering qualification.
• Previous maintenance engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Electrically biased with ability to diagnose and rectify electrical faults independently.
• Experience fault finding on production machinery and automated equipment.
• Comfortable working with three-phase motors, control panels, drives and electrical components.
• A logical approach to fault finding with a focus on safety and reliability.
• Proactive attitude and willingness to support the wider engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out planned preventive and reactive maintenance across production and packaging machinery.
• Diagnosing and resolving electrical and mechanical faults to minimise downtime.
• Maintaining motors, drives, conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics and associated production equipment.
• Fault finding on electrical control systems, sensors, inverters and three-phase equipment.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to improve plant reliability and performance.
• Assisting with equipment installations, upgrades and engineering projects.
• Ensuring all maintenance activities are completed safely and in accordance with food manufacturing standards.
• Working closely with production to maximise equipment availability.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Maintenance experience

Electrical systems

Safety

Team support

Fault diagnosis

Three-phase motors

Education

Time-served apprenticeship

Job description

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a well‑established manufacturer in Chard, Somerset. You will be responsible for maintaining a wide range of production and packaging equipment, with a strong focus on electrical fault finding and safe, reliable operation.

The role involves planned preventative and reactive maintenance, fault diagnosis, and supporting continuous improvement projects to maximise plant uptime.