Permanent
Multi-skilled engineer
Henderson Brown Recruitment
Wythenshawe
Posted: 22 October 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 21 November 2026
Ref: 225754459
We are pleased to be recruiting on behalf of a well-renowned food manufacturer for a Multi-skilled Engineer. This role involves maintaining, improving, and optimising manufacturing equipment and site services to maximum reliability and performance. The ideal candidate would be either electrically biased or multi-skilled and have experience across food, packaging or wider FMCG.
Maintenance Engineer
Salary: -58,097.18
Location: Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester
Shift Pattern: 2 days/2 nights/4 off
Key Responsibilities:
- Diagnose and repair a wide range of manufacturing equipment used in food production whilst complying with health and safety requirements.
- Perform both planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance, with a strong focus on minimising downtime
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across operations
- Conduct fault finding on electrical and mechanical systems.
- Confident with PLC fault finding
Requirements:
- Previous experience in a similar role (e.g. Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, Shift Engineer, Engineering Technician, Maintenance Technician, or Electrical Maintenance Engineer)
- Formal qualifications in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds), supported by relevant training and experience.
- Experience in fast paced industries such as food, packaging or wider FMCG.
- Good problem solving skills and a clear understanding of Root Cause Analysis.
- Strong understanding of PLC''s, sensors and automated equipment
If this opportunity is of interest, please apply or contact (url removed) for further information.
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