Contract Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Contract Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) 3 Month Contract with extension options | Food Manufacturing £30–£40 per hour When production stops, everything stops. We’re supporting a well-established food manufacturing site that needs an experienced Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to step in and keep operations running smoothly during a critical period. This is a 3 month contract with the potential to extend — ideal for an engineer who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced FMCG environment. The Role as Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) You’ll be working on high-speed production and packaging lines, ensuring minimal downtime and supporting both reactive and planned maintenance. Day to day, you’ll be: * Responding to breakdowns and carrying out effective electrical fault finding * Supporting PPM schedules across automated production equipment * Working on fast-moving production lines where uptime is critical * Troubleshooting PLC-controlled machinery * Collaborating with the existing engineering team to maintain output The Environment * High-volume food manufacturing / FMCG * Fast-paced, breakdown-critical production * Modern automated machinery and packaging lines What We’re Looking For * Strong electrical bias with solid mechanical understanding * Proven experience in food manufacturing or FMCG * Confidence working on equipment such as: * Conveyors * Packaging machinery (e.g. Multivac) * Checkweighers / metal detectors * PLC fault finding experience * Ability to work independently from day one Interested? Please submit your CV for immediate consideration. Ref - Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) 44 Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)