Shift Maintenance Engineer (Multiskilled)

Mars; Sherborne; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet food manufacturer is seeking a Shift Maintenance Engineer for their Sherborne facility. In this role, you will focus on hands-on maintenance of production machinery, ensuring safety standards, and supporting the operations team. The position offers a competitive salary between £43,600 - £46,100, along with flexible working hours. Ideal applicants will have a strong engineering background and a hands-on problem-solving approach.

Benefits

Performance related company bonus

Industry competitive salary and benefits package

Qualifications

• Solid foundation in Engineering & Technical skills from a recognized apprenticeship.
• Experience in a maintenance or reliability department.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Perform fault diagnosis & repairs on production machinery.
• Ensure technical safety and food safety standards.
• Oversee all factory services during shifts.

Skills

Engineering & Technical skills

Problem-solving ability

Health & Safety knowledge

Education

Level 4 National Standard or HNC/HND in Engineering

Job description

This is a great opportunity to join the dynamic Engineering Team at our Mars Petcare factory. Your role will focus on hands-on maintenance for specialised pet food processing & packaging equipment, including both mechanical and electrical challenges. The aim of this shift-based role is to problem solve and repair technical faults on the factory equipment. These faults cause lost efficiency and factory downtime, making the Shift Maintenance Engineer a critical & highly responsible role for our site to achieve production targets in a safe and food safe manner. You will need to collaborate with other shift maintenance engineers, shift operations, and days engineers to maintain and improve future factory performance and asset reliability. This means you will also become involved in longer term improvements and projects to improve reliability on a particular asset, maintenance schedule, or maintenance strategy.

Responsibilities

• Perform fault diagnosis & repairs on random failures on production machinery, identifying the root cause in the repair process.
• Responsibility for technical safety and food safety standards on your shift, supporting the Shift Operations Manager.
• Provide technical experience and support to the Shift Operations Team.
• Responsible for overseeing all factory services on shift (including steam, electricity, air, water, and gas).
• Determine when and which technical issues are escalated to the days team.
• Complete planned maintenance activities & improvements with smooth transitions from maintenance back to production.

Qualifications

• Solid foundation in Engineering & Technical skills, built through a recognized apprenticeship.
• National Standard level 4 (or relevant level 3) or HNC/HND level in a combined Electrical & Mechanical Engineering discipline. Or Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualification but with other qualifications/proven experience in the other discipline.
• Self-sufficient, hands on, and strong problem-solving ability. Systematic root cause analysis of technical issues.
• Demonstrable experience working in a maintenance or reliability department.
• Industry Health & Safety knowledge (eg LOTO, Risk Assessments & Safe Work Permits).

What can you expect from Mars?

• Salary: £43,600 - £46,100 (prorated and inclusive of shift allowance) dependent on experience plus performance related company bonus
• Hours: 32 hours per week
• Weekend: 2x shifts Saturday & Sunday alternating weekly between (nights) 10pm-10am & (days) 10am-10pm
• Weekday: 1x shift Mon-Fri 8am-4pm/6am-2pm
• Permanent position, An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.