Contract Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)
3 Month Contract with extension options | Food Manufacturing
£30–£40 per hour
When production stops, everything stops.
We’re supporting a well-established food manufacturing site that needs an experienced Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to step in and keep operations running smoothly during a critical period.
This is a 3 month contract with the potential to extend — ideal for an engineer who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced FMCG environment.
The Role as Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)
You’ll be working on high-speed production and packaging lines, ensuring minimal downtime and supporting both reactive and planned maintenance.
Day to day, you’ll be:
* Responding to breakdowns and carrying out effective electrical fault finding
* Supporting PPM schedules across automated production equipment
* Working on fast-moving production lines where uptime is critical
* Troubleshooting PLC-controlled machinery
* Collaborating with the existing engineering team to maintain output
The Environment
* High-volume food manufacturing / FMCG
* Fast-paced, breakdown-critical production
* Modern automated machinery and packaging lines
What We’re Looking For
* Strong electrical bias with solid mechanical understanding
* Proven experience in food manufacturing or FMCG
* Confidence working on equipment such as:
* Conveyors
* Packaging machinery (e.g. Multivac)
* Checkweighers / metal detectors
* PLC fault finding experience
* Ability to work independently from day one
Interested?
Please submit your CV for immediate consideration.
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