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Maintenance Engineer

D R Newitt Recruitment
Department:Manufacturing
Type:ON-SITE
Region:Manchester, England
Location:Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Experience:Mid-Senior level
Estimated Salary:£35,000 - £45,000
Skills:
HYDRAULICSPNEUMATICSMECHANICALELECTRICALPLCINVERTERSFAULT FINDINGMANUFACTURINGFOOD MANUFACTURING
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Job Description

Posted on: June 30, 2026

A leading SME Food Manufacturer is currently recruiting for a Multi Skilled Engineer with an Electrical bas to join their team. This role will work Mon- Fri days on a two week cycle: a week of mornings, a week of afternoons plus one Saturday per month on rotation as overtime.

This Multi skilled engineer (electrical bias) will provide hands-on maintenance competence, equipment knowledge, analysis of equipment performance and strong communication skill with experience in a manufacturing environment. Food manufacturing experience will be deemed advantageous.

This role will require a broad Knowledge of Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Mechanical, Electrical & PLC/Inverter Assets and skills and capability to logically diagnose and fault find on a variety of equipment/situations.

Multi Skilled Electrical engineer responsibilities include:

  • Execute hands-on planned and unplanned maintenance activities to agreed standards, always ensuring safe working.
  • Ensure assets are ready to produce products that are of an excellent quality, despatched on time in full to the satisfaction of our customers
  • Ensure a robust and clearly communicated safe system of work is applied for all activities that you undertake – properly risk assessed
  • Coach, train and give understanding to production colleagues to achieve continual improvements in equipment knowledge/performance
  • Act with integrity at all times to build a culture of professional engineering and proactive equipment-focussed continuous improvement skills

You will be a Multi skilled, electrically biased engineer with manufacturing experience. You will be apprenticeship trained within a food manufacturer or have a Technical qualifications and competence in mechanical/electrical at a minimum NVQ Level 3 or BTEC Engineering certificate/equivalent qualification.

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