Shift Maintenance Engineer

Reed Talent Solutions; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing firm in Blackpool is seeking a Shift Maintenance Engineer to join their FMCG engineering maintenance team. The role involves maintaining and improving production equipment, ensuring optimal performance and compliance with safety standards. Candidates must be multi-skilled engineers with a time-served apprenticeship or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. This position offers career progression and overtime opportunities in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced manufacturing or highly regulated environments is essential.
• Committed to safety standards and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and reactive maintenance on high-speed food production equipment.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults.
• Collaborate with production teams to maintain smooth operations.

Skills

Multi-skilled Engineer

Fault-finding abilities

Understanding of health & safety regulations

Education

Time-served apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3

Job description

About us

FBC UK – Fox’s Burton’s Companies – and we bake some of the nation’s most incredible biscuits. Formed from the merger of Burton’s and Fox’s Biscuits, we’re proud to be home to iconic brands like Maryland, Jammie Dodgers, Rocky and Fox’s. We’re trusted manufacturing partners to leading UK retailers and household names, baking across eight sites – from Isle of Arran to Dorset – and at our HQ in St Albans. Together, we’re a team of around 4,000 brilliant colleagues. At FBC UK, we’re building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels empowered to grow. By embracing diversity, equity and inclusion, we create a supportive environment where people thrive and make a positive impact.

The role

Are you a multi-skilled engineer with an electrical or mechanical bias, seeking a rewarding career that offers personal development, career progression, and recognition for your achievements? If so, FBC UK has exciting opportunities for mechanical and electrical specialists to join our FMCG engineering maintenance team in Blackpool, Lancashire. As a Shift Maintenance Engineer, you’ll provide high-quality support to our production operations by maintaining, repairing, and improving plant and equipment—ensuring optimal performance and minimal downtime across our biscuit manufacturing systems. This role requires a proactive approach to both planned and reactive maintenance, with a strong emphasis on safety, hygiene, and product quality.

You’ll be part of a team of 20 skilled mechanical and electrical FMCG engineers, supported by a management team that actively encourages professional development and internal progression. Whether you're a mechanical engineer, electrician, or multi-skilled maintenance specialist, this is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your expertise, increase your value, and be rewarded for your growth. Our maintenance teams operate seven days a week, providing 24-hour coverage via a 5 - 5 - 4 shift pattern, with both day and night shifts available. Overtime is paid at 1.5x the standard rate, and Easter and Christmas shutdown periods are paid at overtime rates for those scheduled to work.

Key accountabilities

• Professional Development: Engage in a structured development plans to enhance your technical skills and qualifications in required areas
• Hands-On Maintenance & Repairs: Perform planned and reactive maintenance on a wide range of high-speed food production equipment, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance
• Technical Problem Solving: Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults across diverse machinery, including ovens, mixers, conveyors, and packaging systems
• Operational Support: Collaborate with production teams during changeovers and start-ups to maintain smooth operations and reduce delays, plus flexibility to support shift work and overtime
• Safety & Compliance Focus: Work in full compliance with Health & Safety, food hygiene, and 5S standards, while proactively identifying and reporting risks
• Continuous Improvement & Projects: Drive equipment reliability through improvement initiatives and support engineering projects such as installations and upgrades

Skills & experience

To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Multi-skilled Engineer with a time-served apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, offering strong fault-finding abilities across either discipline
• Proven experience in fast-paced manufacturing or hgihgy regulated environments
• Committed to safety and standards, with solid understanding of health & safety, food safety, and hygiene regulations