Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer — Food Production & Growth

Samworth Brothers; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Health & wellbeing discounts

Employee discount

Annual pay reviews

Profit sharing

Extended leave

Free on-site parking

Training & growth opportunities

Job summary

Samworth Brothers in Leicester is seeking a Multi-Skilled Engineer to keep our production lines running safely and efficiently across a range of modern food manufacturing equipment.

You’ll perform planned and reactive maintenance, diagnose faults, and apply improvements to reliability while upholding health, safety and food safety standards.

Join a supportive team with opportunities for training, pay reviews, and a strong company culture within a long-established UK family business.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Mechanical and electrical engineering skills with a focus on electrical engineering.
• Strong fault-finding ability on automated machinery and production equipment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on production and packaging equipment.
• Diagnose faults and complete first-time fixes to reduce downtime.
• Work with mechanical and electrical systems across automated production lines.
• Maintain high standards of health, safety and food safety at all times.
• Record work clearly using site systems and follow engineering processes.
• Identify recurring issues and contribute ideas to improve reliability and performance.
• Work closely with production and engineering colleagues across shifts.
• Escalate complex or unresolved issues per site procedures.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Fault finding

Prioritisation under pressure

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Education

Electrical engineering qualification

Job description

Samworth Brothers in Leicester is seeking a Multi-Skilled Engineer to keep our production lines running safely and efficiently across a range of modern food manufacturing equipment.

You’ll perform planned and reactive maintenance, diagnose faults, and apply improvements to reliability while upholding health, safety and food safety standards.

Join a supportive team with opportunities for training, pay reviews, and a strong company culture within a long-established UK family business.