Night-Shift Multi-Skilled Engineer – Food Manufacturing

Kinnerton Confectionery; Fakenham; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 23.5 days

Pension: 4% employer / 5% employee

Life assurance x4 salary

Salary sacrifice schemes

Healthcare cash plan

Job summary

Kinnerton Confectionery in Fakenham is seeking an enthusiastic Engineer to join our confectionery manufacturing site. You will maintain and improve production machinery to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations across day and night shifts on a 4-on-4-off rota.

The role requires multi-skilled engineering capability, PLC knowledge, CMMS familiarity, and a strong commitment to food safety and health standards. This permanent, full-time position offers a 40.25-hour week and competitive pay.

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled engineer with a recognised apprenticeship/qualification.
• Experience with manufacturing machinery including metal detectors, flow wrappers and PLC systems.
• Good communication and logical thinking; proactive and independent.
• Knowledge of CMMS and food safety/health & safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Execute all planned maintenance to standards within timeframes.
• Complete additional engineering tasks per safety policies.
• Maintain and improve machine performance to meet quality standards.
• Collaborate with department heads and cross-functional teams.
• Deliver management objectives and training compliance (>95%).
• Lead Kaizen and engineering projects for continuous improvement.
• Ensure health, food safety and policy compliance in all tasks.
• Support audits and keep an audit-ready state.
• Record/analyze data to improve asset performance (MTTR/MTBF).

Skills

Multi-skilled engineer

Manufacturing experience

PLC systems

Metal detectors

Flow wrappers

Logical thinking

Communication skills

Proactive approach

CMMS systems

Food safety knowledge

Education

HNC/HND or equivalent

HACCP certification

IOSH certification

17th/18th Edition Electrical

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

Kinnerton Confectionery in Fakenham is seeking an enthusiastic Engineer to join our confectionery manufacturing site. You will maintain and improve production machinery to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations across day and night shifts on a 4-on-4-off rota.

The role requires multi-skilled engineering capability, PLC knowledge, CMMS familiarity, and a strong commitment to food safety and health standards. This permanent, full-time position offers a 40.25-hour week and competitive pay.