Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Location: Leek, Staffordshire

Contract: Full-Time | 40 hours per week (rotating shifts: 6am–2pm / 2pm–10pm, Monday–Friday)

We're looking for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our engineering team at our nutritional powder manufacturing facility in Leek. This is a hands-on role at the heart of a fast-paced, dry-blending, nut-free and waterless production environment, where your mechanical and electrical expertise will directly keep production running, product safe, and standards high.

You'll carry out planned preventative maintenance, respond to breakdowns, fault-find across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and control systems, and play a key role in continuous improvement, project delivery and sustainability initiatives across the site.

What You'll Be Doing

• Carry out planned preventative and predictive maintenance to keep equipment reliable and downtime low
• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and control system faults, responding quickly to breakdowns
• Maintain and fault-find HVAC systems, including air handling units, extract systems, filtration and environmental controls that protect product quality and food safety
• Carry out electrical fault-finding, installation and modification work in line with regulations and site standards
• Support PLC fault-finding and diagnostics on automated production systems and conveyors
• Contribute to Lean, TPM, Kaizen and continuous improvement activity, including root cause analysis
• Support engineering and capital investment projects, from installation and commissioning through to optimisation
• Supervise contractors on site and ensure work meets safety and quality standards
• Maintain accurate records within the CMMS and support effective spares and stock control
• Work to strict food safety, allergen management, GMP and BRCGS standards within a nut-free, waterless environment
• Support the site's environmental and sustainability goals through responsible, efficient engineering practice

What We're Looking For

Essential

• HNC/HND in Engineering, or equivalent working experience
• Recognised multi-skilled engineering apprenticeship, with a Level 3 qualification (or above) in Mechanical, Electrical or Multi-Skilled Engineering
• DSEAR/ATEX awareness
• Experience in FMCG, food manufacturing, pharmaceutical or another regulated manufacturing environment
• HVAC experience, including industrial air handling, filtration and humidity control in an FMCG or food setting
• Electrical installation and modification experience
• Lean Manufacturing, TPM or continuous improvement experience
• Project engineering experience
• Working knowledge of BRCGS, HACCP and GMP
• Experience in an allergen-controlled manufacturing environment
• Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills
• Experience with planned preventative maintenance and CMMS systems
• Ability to read mechanical, electrical and pneumatic drawings
• Experience working with automated production equipment

Desirable

• Experience with nutritional powders, dry blending, dairy or pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Sachet filling, packaging machinery or conveyor systems experience
• PLC fault-finding and programming knowledge
• HVAC, refrigeration, steam or boiler systems experience

What You're Like

• A proactive, hands-on engineer with a genuine can-do attitude
• A logical, structured approach to fault-finding, with strong attention to detail
• Calm and professional under pressure, with a collaborative approach to teamwork
• Self-motivated, adaptable and comfortable working independently in a fast-changing environment
• Committed to safety, quality and continuous learning

Why Join Us?

You'll be part of an engineering team that plays a genuinely critical role in a modern, high-standards manufacturing environment, with real opportunity to shape reliability, efficiency and sustainability across the site. If you're a multi-skilled engineer who takes pride in keeping things running and doing it right, we'd love to hear from you.

Due to the high number of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be responded to. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks, your application has unfortunately not been successful on this occasion, and we wish you every success with your role search.