Multi-Skilled Engineer (Electrical Bias)
Noble Foods (Gainsborough Poultry site) | Fast-paced FMCG Environment
Are you a hands-on engineer who thrives in a busy production environment? Do you enjoy fault-finding, fixing problems fast, and keeping vital machinery running smoothly? If so, Noble Foods wants you on our engineering team.
We’re looking for a multi-skilled maintenance engineer with a strong electrical bias and solid mechanical experience to help keep our high-volume poultry processing site operating safely, efficiently, and reliably.
🛠️ The Role
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving our production and site services equipment. This is a practical, varied role where no two days are the same.
You’ll be:
* Responding quickly to breakdowns and carrying out effective electrical and mechanical fault-finding
* Maintaining and repairing production machinery including conveyors, evisceration equipment, packing machines, and chillers
* Completing planned preventative maintenance and supporting continuous improvement
* Fault-finding on PLC-controlled systems, motors, drives, sensors, and control panels
* Carrying out mechanical work on gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics, hydraulics, and basic fabrication
* Working closely with production and hygiene teams to minimise downtime
* Supporting shutdowns, installations, and site engineering projects
* Recording all work accurately using the site CMMS
* Ensuring all tasks meet strict food safety, hygiene, and health & safety standards
👷 ♂️ What We’re Looking For
You’ll be a confident, safety-focused engineer who can think on their feet in a high-volume environment.
Essential:
* Recognised electrical qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent)
* Multi-skilled engineer with a strong electrical bias
* Solid mechanical fault-finding experience in a manufacturing environment
* Good working knowledge of PLC fault-finding, motors, inverters, sensors, and control systems
* Experience with pneumatics and hydraulics
* Understanding of permit-to-work, isolation, and lock-off procedures
Desirable:
* Experience in food, FMCG, or poultry processing environments
📚 Training & Development
We invest in our people. Depending on your experience, you’ll receive training in areas such as:
* Health & Safety (IOSH Working Safely, behavioural safety, hazard reporting)
* HACCP and food hygiene
* Safe systems of work
* Manual and mechanical handling
* Role-specific technical and process training
🎁 What’s in It for You?
We offer far more than just a competitive salary:
* Overtime opportunities
* Ongoing training and development
* Free hot drinks on shift ☕
* Free meal every day in our on-site canteen 🍽️
* Discounted eggs and chicken 🐔
* Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
* Free life insurance
* Enhanced sick pay scheme
* Perkbox benefits including monthly freebies from Greggs or Café Nero
* DigiCare+ access: Digital GP, annual health checks, mental health support & more
* Discounted gym memberships
* Free eye test every two years
* Discounted mobile phone contracts
* Annual bonus through our People Partnership (after 6 months)
* Extra allowances for First Aiders & Mental Health First Aiders
* Wellness programme & Employee Charity Matching Scheme
* Celebration Day – enjoy an extra day off after one year’s service to celebrate a life event 🎉
🚀 Join Us
If you’re an engineer who takes pride in keeping production moving and wants to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and help power the future of Noble Foods, Gainsborough Poultry site.