Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – PM Shift
Location: Diss, Suffolk
Salary: £55,000
Were recruiting for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established FMCG food manufacturing site in the Diss area on a permanent PM shift.
This is a hands-on role for an experienced engineer who's confident fault-finding, keeping production running, and taking ownership of engineering issues during the late shift.
The Role
- Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across site machinery
- Fault-finding on electrical and mechanical systems, including PLC-controlled equipment
- Supporting improvements, upgrades, and installation work
- Identifying repeat faults and putting proper fixes in place
- Working safely and following food safety and hygiene standards
- Logging work and maintenance activity on the site CMMS
- Supporting contractors when required
What Were Looking For
- Strong hands-on experience as a maintenance or multi-skilled engineer
- Background in FMCG, food, or a similarly fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Confident electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills
- Experience with PLCs, control systems, pneumatics, and heavy machinery
- Comfortable working independently and taking ownership on shift
- Good communication skills and a practical, solutions-focused approach
- Electrical, mechanical, or multi-skilled qualifications preferred, but experience is key
Why Apply?
- Permanent PM shift, Monday to Friday
- Hands-on engineering role with responsibility on shift
- Stable, well-invested manufacturing site
- Opportunity to make a real impact on reliability and performance
- £55,000 salary