Electrical Engineer - Shift in Lincolnshire

Location: Anwick, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Shift Pattern: 4 on / 4 off rotating days and nights

Hours: Days 05:30-17:30 / Nights 17:30-05:30

Electrical Engineer - Food Manufacturing

Are you an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer or Multi-Skilled Engineer looking for a permanent engineering role in a fast-paced manufacturing environment? We are recruiting for an Electrical Engineer to join a busy engineering team at a large-scale food manufacturing site near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This is a hands-on maintenance role working a 4 on / 4 off rotating shift pattern, supporting production machinery, breakdown response, planned preventative maintenance and continuous improvement across a high-volume manufacturing environment.

This opportunity would suit a practical, reliable and proactive engineer with strong electrical fault-finding skills and experience in manufacturing, production, FMCG, food processing, packaging, poultry, or a similar industrial environment.

The Role

As Electrical Engineer, you will provide engineering support to production, ensuring machinery, equipment and plant are maintained, repaired and operating efficiently. You will respond to breakdowns, complete PPM tasks, diagnose electrical faults and support improvements that increase equipment availability, reliability, performance and OEE.

You will be involved in:

• Responding quickly and safely to machinery breakdowns, plant stoppages and equipment faults
• Carrying out electrical maintenance, repairs, servicing and adjustments on production machinery
• Completing planned preventative maintenance tasks
• Fault finding on single-phase and three-phase electrical systems
• Supporting machinery performance, reliability, uptime and OEE improvement
• Ensuring equipment operates efficiently and meets production requirements
• Recording engineering activity, labour and parts accurately using SAP / PPM systems
• Working closely with production teams, engineering colleagues and external engineers
• Supporting Health & Safety standards, including COSHH and lock-out/tag-out procedures
• Completing maintenance records, engineering documentation and PPM paperwork
• Supporting continuous improvement, energy reduction and site efficiency initiatives
• Assisting with training new starters, apprentices and production colleagues where required

The Candidate

We are looking for an electrically qualified engineer with strong hands-on maintenance experience in a manufacturing or production environment.

You will need:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Electrical Engineering
• Recognised UK electrical engineering qualifications
• Previous experience in manufacturing, production, FMCG, food manufacturing or similar
• Strong electrical fault-finding and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with single-phase and three-phase electrical systems
• Ability to work safely and make good decisions under pressure
• Good communication skills and attention to detail
• Ability to complete accurate maintenance records and engineering documentation
• A proactive, reliable and quality-focused approach to engineering

Desirable Experience

Experience in any of the following would be beneficial:

• Food manufacturing, food processing or poultry machinery
• FMCG, packaging, automated production or high-speed manufacturing environments
• SAP or similar computerised maintenance management systems
• OEE improvement, first-time fix and machinery reliability
• Mechanical awareness or multi-skilled engineering capability
• 17th or 18th Edition electrical qualification

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity for an Electrical Engineer, Maintenance Engineer or Multi-Skilled Engineer to join a major food manufacturing business in a varied and hands-on engineering role. You will be working in a fast-paced production environment with a clear shift pattern, varied machinery and the opportunity to make a real impact on equipment performance, downtime reduction and site efficiency. The role offers long-term stability, technical variety and the chance to develop your engineering career within a large-scale food manufacturing operation.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Permanent full-time role
• 4 on / 4 off rotating shift pattern
• Competitive holiday entitlement
• Pension contribution
• Family-friendly policies
• Learning and development opportunities
• Life assurance

This role may suit candidates currently working as: Electrical Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Shift Engineer, Maintenance Technician, Electrical Technician, Manufacturing Engineer, FMCG Engineer, Food Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer, Plant Engineer, Factory Engineer or Engineering Technician.

Location: The role is based in Anwick, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire and may be suitable for candidates living in or around: Sleaford, Lincoln, Grantham, Boston, Newark, Ruskington, Billinghay, Metheringham, Heckington, North Hykeham, Bourne, Spalding and surrounding Lincolnshire areas.