Night Shift Maintenance Engineer
Permanent Futures Limited · Hutton, England ·
Night Shift Maintenance Engineer Location: Hull Shift Pattern: 4 On, 4 Off – Permanent Nights Salary: £54,4k
The Opportunity
Futures are working with a well-established, fast-paced FMCG manufacturing business who are looking to recruit an experienced Night Shift Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on Maintenance Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills who enjoys working in a high-volume production environment.
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring equipment reliability, minimising downtime and supporting continuous production through both reactive and planned preventative maintenance.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across a range of manufacturing and production equipment.
- Diagnose and resolve electrical and mechanical faults efficiently to minimise production downtime.
- Support the maintenance and reliability of automated production lines, conveyors, motors, drives and associated machinery.
- Respond to breakdowns, identifying root causes and implementing effective, long-term solutions.
- Work closely with Production and Engineering teams to ensure equipment operates safely and efficiently.
- Identify opportunities to improve equipment performance, reliability and overall efficiency.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure compliance with health and safety procedures. Skills & Experience Required:
- Previous experience working as a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Electrical Maintenance Engineer or similar.
- Strong background within a fast-paced FMCG, food, beverage or high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience carrying out both reactive and preventative maintenance.
- Strong electrical and/or mechanical fault-finding and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience working with automated production equipment, conveyors, motors, sensors, drives and PLC-controlled machinery.
- Relevant engineering qualification, ideally NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC or equivalent.
Ability to work independently and effectively within a night shift engineering team. Interested? If you're an experienced Maintenance Engineer looking for a permanent night shift opportunity within a fast-paced FMCG environment, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or contact Futures for a confidential discussion...