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Permanent

Maintenance Engineer

Thrive Group
Trowbridge
money-bag £52000/annum
Posted: 29 May 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 28 June 2026
Ref: 225171469

Thrive Group are delighted to be working with our client in Frome who is actively looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer t to join the team on a permanent basis.
 
What you will be doing:
Reporting to the Lead engineer, you will be working within our FMCG production facility:

  • Attend machine breakdowns efficiently and provide effective measures to ensure issues are resolved
  • Carry out PPM, corrective and improvement actions on all packing and process machines
  • Use continuous improvement techniques and best practice to improve machine efficiencies.
  • Deliver and develop effective re-active maintenance, repairs & improvements
  • To have overall responsibility for maintaining efficient operation of the process equipment
  • To ensure that other than planned downtime the processing plant is available and running at optimum levels at all times.
  • Ensure that the product that we produce is of the highest standard by not compromising the process plant with short term fixes
What you will need to succeed:
  • Multi-skilled automation skills on packing equipment or equivalent
  • Excellent fault finding and route cause analysis skills
  • Experience of working in a FMCG environment
  • Some supervisory experience would be beneficial
  • Comfortable in autonomous decision making and team working
What you will receive in return:
  • £52,590.00 per year
  • Pitman 12 hour shift
  • Market Leader in their products and sector, strong growth plans
  • Company pension 6%* employer contribution
  • 18 days holiday + Bank holidays
  • 4 x Death in Service
  • Long service recognition
  • Wellbeing initiatives - Free flu jabs, free eye tests, £90 contribution to prescription lenses, free legal and financial helpline and mental health support, virtual GP
What you need to do next:
If this position sounds of interest and you would like to be considered. Please email on sarah. elliott@ (url removed) or contact me on (phone number removed) to discuss further.
Thrive group are acting as an Employment Agency with respect to this vacancy.
If you have not heard from a consultant within 7 days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
PRMSTH

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