Proactive Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – Food

Virani Food Products Limited; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Virani Food Products Limited is seeking a proactive Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our Engineering team in the UK. You will maintain, troubleshoot and improve production and packaging equipment in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Reporting to the Reliability Manager, you will drive equipment reliability through planned maintenance, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement, while ensuring health and safety and quality standards are met.

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained maintenance technician with formal qualification.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably food/FMCG.
• Strong fault-finding across electrical and mechanical systems.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and electrical schematics.
• Commitment to health and safety standards and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on production and packaging equipment.
• Respond to equipment breakdowns and minimise downtime.
• Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults.
• Support continuous improvement to enhance reliability and performance.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain maintenance records in CMMS system.
• Assist with installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality and Operations teams.

Skills

Apprentice trained

Multi-skilled maintenance

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

Motors and sensors

Inverters and conveyors

Pneumatics

Reading schematics

Health and safety

Communication and teamwork

Food/FMCG experience

PLC fault-finding

Continuous improvement

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds / BTEC or equivalent

Job description

Virani Food Products Limited is seeking a proactive Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our Engineering team in the UK. You will maintain, troubleshoot and improve production and packaging equipment in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Reporting to the Reliability Manager, you will drive equipment reliability through planned maintenance, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement, while ensuring health and safety and quality standards are met.