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Maintenance Engineer
Job Posted: an hour ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Contract
Location: Avonmouth
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Maintenance Engineer (Electrical or Mechanical Bias)
Avonmouth, Bristol
Contract – Umbrella or PAYE only
Continental Shift (4 on 4 off)
Pay Rate Negotiable
We are recruiting an experienced Maintenance Engineer (Electrically or Mechanically biased) for a busy, high-volume food/FMCG manufacturing site in Avonmouth. This is a genuine long-term contract with excellent extension potential due to continued capex and production upgrades.
Key Responsibilities
Carry out planned, reactive and breakdown maintenance on high-speed production and packaging lines
Fault-finding and repair on a wide range of equipment including conveyors, wrappers, flow-wrappers, check-weighers, metal detectors, labellers, palletisers, robots, mixers, ovens, depositors, chillers etc.
Electrical tasks (if electrically biased): 3-phase systems, inverters, drives (Siemens/Allen-Bradley/Omron), motors, sensors, control panels, PLC interrogation (fault finding, not programming)
Mechanical tasks (if mechanically biased): pneumatics, hydraulics, bearings, chains, gearboxes, pumps, valves, shafts, welding/fabrication when required
Support continuous improvement, PPM schedules and project/upgrade work
Complete all paperwork and CMMS updates accurately (training given on site system if needed)
Adhere to strict food-safety, hygiene and H&S standards at all times
Required Experience & Qualifications
Time-served apprenticeship or formal qualification (NVQ/City & Guilds/HNC etc.) in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
Proven multi-skilled maintenance experience within FMCG, food, beverage, dairy or pharmaceutical manufacturing (essential – we cannot consider candidates from other sectors)
Strong fault-finding ability on fast-moving production/packaging equipment
17th or 18th Edition (for electrical candidates) highly advantageous
Comfortable working in a chilled/food production environment (PPE provided)
Flexible attitude and happy to commit to a long-term rolling contract
Immediate or short notice availability preferred
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