Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer Deeside - Food Manufacturing | FMCG 4 on / 4 off (Days & Nights) Permanent | 40 Hours
We're recruiting Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers for a high-volume, 24/7 food manufacturing site in Deeside.
This is a proper engineering environment. Fast paced, heavily automated, and absolutely unforgiving if you switch off. If you like routine, this is not it. If you like solving problems under pressure and keeping production moving, you'll be busy from minute one.
You'll be joining a well invested FMCG site supplying major retail customers, with a strong engineering function and ongoing investment into reliability and equipment upgrades.
Rewards & Benefits
Let's start with what actually matters.
Competitive salary package
Market leading pension
Life assurance
Generous holiday entitlement
Colleague discount scheme
Flexible benefits platform
Healthcare cash plan
Aviva Digital GP access
Wellbeing support via Vita Health
Employee assistance support services
Salary finance options
Family friendly policies and enhanced leave
Retail, leisure and lifestyle discounts
Recognition and reward schemes
What You'll Actually Be Doing
Planned preventative maintenance across production equipment
Fast response breakdown work under real production pressure
Electrical and mechanical fault finding across complex machinery
Supporting production changeovers and shift handovers
Driving reliability and reducing repeat failures
Working closely with production to keep downtime under control
Keeping maintenance records tight and accurate
Making sure safety and food standards are never optional
What You Need to Bring
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Engineering
FMCG or fast paced manufacturing experience
Strong mechanical and electrical fault finding skills
Experience with conveyors, motors, pumps, packaging or similar kit
A hands on, practical approach rather than theory heavy thinking
Ability to make decisions quickly when things go wrong
Understanding of food safety systems (HACCP) preferred
17th Edition useful but not essential
What You Get Out Of It
Strong salary package
4 on / 4 off shift pattern (built in rest days)
Pension and life assurance
Discount schemes across retail and lifestyle
Healthcare cash plan and GP access
Genuine engineering team on site, not just firefighting
Development and progression within a large FMCG groupThis is not a quiet maintenance role. It's for engineers who like being in the middle of it, not watching it happen from a distance