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Senior Maintenance Engineer
Job Posted: 17 hours ago
Salary: £ 50,000 - 60,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Maintenance Engineer (Food Manufacturing Industry)
Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 DOE
Benefits: Extensive benefits package including AXA private medical cover, wellbeing and learning budgets and many more.
Location: Nottingham
Type: Permanent // Full Time
Shifts: Monday to Friday // 10am – 7pm with paid or TOIL weekend overtime rotation
Overview:
The Flavour Network are supporting a rapidly growing, innovative food manufacturer based in Nottingham who are looking for a talented Senior Maintenance Engineer to help lead their production operation as they continue to scale.
The ideal candidate will be a true multiskilled tinkerer; a practical problem-solver with a full toolbox of tricks, capable of diagnosing faults on the fly while keeping calm under pressure. A reliable, SAS-standard engineer who gives operations, engineering teams, and management total confidence that every issue is in safe hands.
As Senior Maintenance Engineer you will play a key part in maintaining and enhancing a bespoke mix of production machinery, working with both mechanical and electrical systems, and contributing to automation and improvement projects across the site.
Key Responsibilities for the Senior Maintenance Engineer
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Lead on both reactive and planned maintenance across production machinery and services
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Own and continuously improve the site’s PPM system, including scheduling, task setting, and optimisation
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Act as the senior point of contact for complex mechanical and electrical fault-finding
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Collaborate with Production, Technical, and QA teams to maintain uptime and operational efficiency
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Work across conveyors, weighers, depositors, chillers, mixers, sealers, and automated packaging lines
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Contribute to machinery upgrades, modifications, and automation improvement projects
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Support, mentor, and develop junior engineers and apprentices
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Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, health & safety, and engineering best practice
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Maintain detailed records of maintenance, breakdowns, and downtime trends
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Participate in root cause analysis and lead continuous improvement initiatives
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Time split: 60/40 or 50/50 mechanical to electrical depending on your skillset
Requirements for the Senior Maintenance Engineer
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Proven experience in a senior, multiskilled maintenance engineering role within food manufacturing or FMCG is essential.
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Strong mechanical engineering knowledge including fabrication, welding, and modification skills
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Practical electrical experience including VFDs, sensor logic, relays, and 3-phase machinery
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Confident with PLC-driven equipment — ideally Siemens/Omron — and control panel wiring
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Experienced with weighing, depositing, and packing machinery in a high-care food environment
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Comfortable diagnosing faults, creating or adapting parts, and integrating sensors, switches, and controls
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Clear, calm communicator able to liaise effectively with operations, technical, and leadership teams
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High standards for health & safety, compliance, and maintenance best practice
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