Maintenance Engineer

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Sector: Food Manufacturing

Location: Leicestershire

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £50,000+ per annum

Hours: Monday to Friday, 7.00am to 4.30pm

ISQ Recruitment is working with a leading UK food manufacturer to recruit a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a highly automated production facility in Leicestershire.

This is a good opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join a well-invested food manufacturing site on a day shift, working on modern production equipment across planned maintenance, reactive maintenance, fault finding and improvement activity.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must already have full right to work in the UK and relevant food manufacturing or manufacturing maintenance experience.

Benefits

• £50,000+ salary
• Annual profit share bonus
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Annual pay reviews
• Subsidised canteen
• Free onsite parking
• Overtime paid at 1.5x
• Double time on Sundays
• Career progression opportunities

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance
• Complete electrical and mechanical fault finding
• Support continuous improvement projects
• Identify root causes of equipment failures
• Maintain production machinery and processing equipment
• Complete maintenance records and documentation
• Work closely with production teams to minimise downtime
• Support engineering apprentices and team development

Key Criteria

• NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds Level 3 Engineering qualification, or equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer within production or manufacturing
• Food manufacturing experience is essential
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills
• Experience with single and three-phase systems
• Ability to read electrical drawings and schematics
• PLC fault-finding experience would be useful
• 17th or 18th Edition would be useful

To apply, please send your CV to jobs@isqrecruitment.co.uk or contact ISQ Recruitment on 01603 369 500 for more information.

ISQ Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.