Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Aberystwyth
£40,000 to £48,000, depending on experience
Yolk Recruitment is representing an established and well-invested food manufacturer in the search for an electrically biased Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer.
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer looking for a permanent days-based shift. You will work a consistent 4 on, 4 off patterns from 10:00am to 10:00pm, joining an experienced and supportive engineering function within a busy manufacturing environment. There can be some flexibility around start and finish times at weekends, where agreed by the engineering team.
What You'll Do:
- Provide reactive engineering support to keep high-volume production equipment running safely and efficiently
- Complete planned preventive maintenance across production and site services equipment
- Diagnose electrical and mechanical faults, carrying out effective repairs to minimise disruption
- Work with equipment including processing machinery, pasteurisation systems, boilers, and associated utilities
- Support basic plumbing, mechanical strip-downs and general engineering activities when required
- Record and manage maintenance activity through a computerised maintenance management system
- Make the most of planned production downtime by completing maintenance, repairs, and equipment improvements
- Work closely with another engineer on shift and communicate effectively with production and wider site teams
- Follow robust health, safety, hygiene, and food manufacturing procedures always
What You'll Bring:
- Electrical training or qualifications, supported by practical mechanical maintenance capability
- Previous experience as a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Electrical Engineer or similar
- Confidence fault-finding and repairing industrial machinery
- Experience completing both planned and reactive maintenance
- Manufacturing experience, ideally gained within food, beverage, FMCG, pharmaceutical or another regulated production environment
- A practical, inquisitive approach and the willingness to develop new technical skills
- The ability to work safely in and around production machinery, including accessing confined or awkward equipment areas
- Experience with boilers, processing equipment, pasteurisation systems, or industrial utilities would be beneficial, but is not essential
Why You Should Apply:
This position offers a particularly attractive shift pattern for engineers who want the benefits of a 4 on, 4 off schedules without switching between days and nights. Your standard hours will be 10:00am to 10:00pm, giving you predictable working days and substantial time away from work.
You will be joining a site with experienced lead engineers, strong engineering coverage and a culture that takes health, safety, and fatigue management seriously. The business operates an established engineering structure, with engineers supported by lead engineers and engineering management.
The wider package includes:
- Salary from £40,000 up to £48,000, reflecting your current skills and experience
- Clear salary reviews and the potential for structured progression as your capabilities develop
- Approximately 23 days' annual leave for the shift pattern
- Employer pension contribution of 5%, with a 3% employee contribution
- Health and wellbeing support, including money back towards dental and optical costs
- Three times annual salary life assurance
- Holiday buying and selling options
- Company sick pay that increases with length of service
- Accredited technical training, with opportunities covering areas such as boilers, working at height and other relevant engineering skills
- Occasional voluntary overtime paid at time and a half
The site benefits from significant backing and continuing capital investment while retaining the collaborative atmosphere of a smaller operation where colleagues know one another and engineers can have a visible impact.
Contact Jacob Purcell to find out more.
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Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) in Aberystwyth employer: Yolk Recruitment Ltd
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