Maintenance Engineer

Leicester

Panama Shift Pattern – Days and Nights

Salary: £55,028

Benefits

• Competitive salary with overtime opportunities
• 7% matched pension
• Profit share scheme
• 22 days holiday
• Ongoing training and development
• Career progression opportunities
• Stable and growing business
• Major investment across site and equipment
• Family-owned business with strong culture and long-term stability

The Company

Our client is a well-established and highly successful food manufacturing business with over 100 years of history and multiple sites globally.

Their Leicester facility supplies high-quality products into all major retailers and forms part of a group with a turnover approaching £1bn. Due to continued growth and significant investment across the business, they are now looking to expand their engineering team with the addition of a Maintenance Engineer.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a business that is investing heavily in new production lines, increased capacity, and employee development.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for carrying out both electrical and mechanical maintenance activities across a fast-paced manufacturing site.

The role will involve predominantly reactive maintenance, fault finding, and breakdown response on a range of production machinery and automated equipment.

Electrical Responsibilities

• Fault finding using multimeters and schematics
• Checking inputs and outputs
• Reading and interpreting electrical drawings
• Working on sensors, relays, safety circuits, switches, panels, inverters, and 3-phase motors
• PLC fault finding including:
  • Input/output checks
  • Basic ladder logic understanding
  • Uploading and downloading programs
• Monitoring and fault finding via HMI screens

Mechanical Responsibilities

• Fault finding and repair work on production machinery
• Replacing like-for-like components including:
  • Bearings
  • Motors
  • Belts
  • Blades
  • Chains

The Candidate

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• A recognised electrical engineering qualification (Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, BTEC, ONC, HNC, HND or equivalent)
• Previous experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within manufacturing, FMCG, food production, or a similar environment
• Strong electrical fault-finding abilities
• Mechanical maintenance experience
• A positive, proactive, can-do attitude
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment

Apply Today

If you’re interested please apply online, send your CV to andy.crewe@ata-recruitment.co.uk

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