About the Role

The Site Maintenance Engineer will be a key member of the Engineering team, providing comprehensive maintenance support across all manufacturing and production facilities at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. This hands-on role is critical to ensuring equipment uptime, reliability, and safety while supporting a wide range of site engineering projects. A key function of this role is the involvement in planning, installation and commissioning of new plant and equipment, making this an exciting opportunity for an engineer who thrives in a dynamic, evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• New Equipment Installation: Actively support and lead on the installation, commissioning, and integration of new production and packaging equipment.
• Equipment Maintenance: Diagnose, repair, and maintain a wide range of production equipment.
• Planned Maintenance: Deliver tasks in line with the annual Planned Maintenance (PM) schedule.
• Refurbishment and Upgrades: Carry out refurbishments, upgrades, and modifications to existing machinery.
• Downtime Management: Maximise downtime to overhaul and enhance equipment performance.
• TPM Delivery: Implement Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) routines.
• Project Involvement: Contribute to site-based engineering projects.
• Contractor Supervision: Oversee external contractors on-site.
• Asset Management: Identify underperforming equipment and recommend solutions.
• Safety & Compliance: Work in line with health and safety regulations.
• Documentation: Maintain detailed records of maintenance tasks.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with Production, Quality, and Engineering teams.
• Business support: Provide out-of-hours support as required.
• Follow core company values: Collaboration, Ambition, Expertise, Agility & Integrity.
• Any other duties as required by the Head of Engineering.

Skills & Qualifications

• Qualifications: City & Guilds (or equivalent) in Engineering discipline; time-served apprenticeship or equivalent experience.
• Technical Skills: Strong mechanical engineering knowledge with practical understanding of control systems; skilled in fault diagnosis across electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical systems; experience in installing and commissioning production equipment.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years in manufacturing or FMCG maintenance environment (cosmetics, food, or pharmaceutical sectors preferred); proven involvement in equipment upgrades and capital projects; experience with Mixing Vessels, Boilers, Compressors, Chillers; experience with Container Filling, Labelling, Tube Filling & Packaging Machinery advantageous.
• Key Behavioural Competencies: Practical, hands-on, strong ownership; excellent communication; proactive, flexible; confident decision-maker under pressure; strong awareness of manufacturing priorities.

Why Join [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]?

By joining as a Site Maintenance Engineer, you’ll become part of a team committed to manufacturing excellence, product safety and continuous improvement. You’ll benefit from working for a values-led employer that offers a supportive workplace culture, growth opportunities, and a meaningful role in ensuring high-quality standards for our products.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and we encourage applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or marriage and civil partnerships.