Summary: The role of Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, with an electrical bias, involves performing both reactive and planned maintenance in a manufacturing environment, specifically within the food processing sector. The engineer will work on high-speed production and packaging machinery, focusing on fault finding, repairs, and continuous improvement initiatives. This position is based in Somerset and operates on a day shift schedule. Candidates must possess relevant electrical and mechanical skills, ideally with experience in the food or FMCG industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out reactive and planned maintenance in a manufacturing environment.
• Work on high-speed food process, production, and packaging machinery.
• Perform fault finding and repair work on industrial plant equipment and site services.
• Conduct mechanical repairs on conveyors, drives, shafts, pumps, and compressors.
• Promote a continuous improvement culture with lean manufacturing principles.
• Engage in electrical and mechanical fault finding and planned maintenance.
• Participate in project work including machinery upgrades and new installations.
• Work with fillers, labellers, palletisers, sealers, pneumatics, PLCs, hydraulics, motors, gearboxes, power presses, printers, and forming machines.

Key Skills:

• Electrically biased maintenance engineer.
• Time-served apprenticeship with a minimum NVQ Level 3 in Engineering.
• Practical experience in a food, FMCG, or packaging environment.
• PLC electrical fault-finding skills.
• Comfortable with large mechanical work, fault finding, and repair.
• Able to perform both electrical and mechanical fault finding.
• Experience with industrial mechanical systems.
• Ability to work on pneumatics, hydraulics, motors, and gearboxes.

Salary (Rate): 42000

City: Somerset

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other