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Maintenance Engineer Fmcg

Job Posted: 12 days ago

Salary: £ 55,000 - 60,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Expire in: 16 days

Job Description

GMP Recruitment Agency Limited are proud to be partnered with a Gloucester-based food manufacturing and food service provider. We are currently supporting their recruitment for an experienced Multi-Skilled Production Engineer to play a key role in maintaining and improving food production machinery, carrying out both reactive and planned preventative maintenance within a high-performing engineering team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer or Production Engineer from a food manufacturing/FMCG background looking to work within a fast-paced manufacturing environment focused on continuous improvement, machinery reliability and operational efficiency.

Shift Pattern:
The successful candidate will work rotating late and night shifts as follows:

Monday – Friday: 14:00pm – 22:00pm
Monday – Friday: 22:00pm – 06:00am

Please only apply if you can commit to the above rotating shifts.

You will receive a highly competitive salary of up to £60,000, dependent on experience, plus excellent company benefits.

As a Production Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running and reliability of production equipment across the site. Working as part of a skilled engineering team, responsibilities will include both reactive and planned preventative maintenance along with continuous improvement activities.

Key Responsibilities

  * Responding to breakdowns and faults, diagnosing issues efficiently to minimise downtime

  * Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on production and site equipment

  * Supporting ongoing factory improvement and system upgrade projects

  * Identifying opportunities to improve machinery reliability and operational efficiency

  * Working closely with production teams to ensure optimal machine performance

  * Maintaining accurate maintenance records and engineering documentation

  * Assisting with factory-wide facilities breakdowns and PPM activities

  * Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and reducing ongoing production losses

Production Engineer – Required Skills & Experience

  * Multi-Skilled Engineering background with both Electrical and Mechanical experience

  * Previous experience working within an FMCG food manufacturing environment is essential

  * Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills

  * Experience working with food production machinery including conveyors, baggers, weighers, checkweighers, slicers, shakers, robots and associated automated equipment

  * Understanding of line control systems including sensors, relays, motors, pneumatics, VFDs and 24v fault finding

  * Strong commitment to health and safety standards

  * Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced manufacturing environment

  * Must hold a recognised Engineering qualification, minimum NVQ Level 3 or Engineering Apprenticeship

Desirable Skills

  * Project engineering experience including planning and implementation

  * Root cause analysis / 5 Why methodology experience

  * Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement experience

  * TIG welding and fabrication skills

  * Spares management experience

  * 18th Edition qualification

An immediate start can be offered to the successful candidate.

If the above role sounds perfect for you, please click apply now.

GMP Recruitment Agency Limited are recruiting for this role on behalf of their client and are acting as an Employment Agency

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