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Maintenance Engineer

Job Posted: 10 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Fife

Expire in: 18 days

Job Description

FMCG Engineer working permanent nights and ready to get your life back?

If you’re a multi-skilled engineer used to fast-paced production environments but looking to step away from night shifts, this is your opportunity.

My client is seeking a highly skilled Multi-Skilled Engineer with a strong electrical bias to join our team in a leading food manufacturing facility. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the effective operation and maintenance of our production equipment, playing a key part in maintaining the highest standards of efficiency and safety.

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and truly multi-skilled Primary Area Technician to join our engineering team. This is a hands-on role requiring both electrical and mechanical expertise within a fast-paced operational environment. You will play a key part in ensuring equipment reliability, safety compliance, and continuous improvement across the primary area.

Key Responsibilities:

  * Planning and undertaking scheduled maintenance activities

  * Responding to breakdowns and system defects, always prioritising safety

  * Diagnosing faults, servicing and maintaining equipment, machinery and systems

  * Identifying performance issues and implementing corrective actions

  * Monitoring and assessing external contractors carrying out repair work

  * Compiling end-of-shift reports, time usage reports and defect reports

  * Recommending improvements to enhance machine reliability and efficiency

  * Maintaining company regulation, safety, hygiene and quality procedures

  * Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives through observation and process development

Skills & Experience

We are looking for someone who is:

  * Truly multi-skilled – both mechanically and electrically qualified

  * SVQ/NVQ Level 3 (minimum) in a relevant engineering discipline

  * Experienced in fault finding and diagnostics

  * Ideally experienced within an FMCG environment

  * A strong communicator (verbal and written)

  * Confident with influencing and interpersonal skills

  * Positive, resilient, adaptable and eager to learn

  * A team-oriented individual with a proactive mindset

Working Hours

2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off.

05.30 – 18.00 shift pattern – 40 hours

On Sunday 05.30 – 17.30

This is a consistent, predictable shift pattern offering structured work-life balance.

Benefits

  * Bonus eligibility – 5% (typically adding approximately £2,000 annually)

  * Pension scheme in line with auto-enrolment (minimum 8% total contribution)

  * Life Assurance

  * Discounted share offers

  * Company Sick Pay

  * Enhanced annual leave entitlement

  * Long Service Awards

  * Free Parking

If you are a driven, multi-skilled engineer looking to contribute to a high-performing team while developing your technical capability in a supportive environment, we would welcome your application

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