Mechanical/ Electrical Bias Maintenance engineer

Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical or Electrical Bias Location: Milton Keynes Salary: £57,000 Shift Pattern: Panama Shift Pattern (Days & Nights) Are you a hands-on Maintenance Engineer looking for your next challenge in a fast-paced production environment? We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical or Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established manufacturing business in Milton Keynes. This is a fantastic opportunity for an engineer who enjoys fault-finding, problem-solving, and working in a highly automated production environment. The role can be tailored to suit either a mechanically biased engineer with basic electrical skills or an electrically biased engineer with strong mechanical understanding.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring production equipment operates efficiently through planned preventative maintenance and fast-response reactive repairs.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across production machinery
• Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults
• Minimise downtime and support continuous production performance
• Complete hands-on engineering work including fabrication, welding, milling, and lathe work
• Conduct electrical fault-finding on machinery and control systems
• Support continuous improvement and engineering projects
• Work closely with production and engineering teams to improve equipment reliability What We're Looking For
• Previous experience within manufacturing, production, FMCG, or food environments
• Mechanical or electrical engineering background
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving ability
• Hands-on maintenance engineering experience
• Mechanical engineers with fabrication and machining skills highly desirable
• Electrical engineers with fault-finding experience on industrial machinery highly desirable
• Positive attitude and proactive approach to maintenance Desirable Skills
• Multi-skilled maintenance capability
• Experience within food manufacturing
• Knowledge of conveyors, motors, gearboxes, pneumatics, and sensors
• Experience working Panama shifts What's on Offer
• Competitive salary of £57,000
• Panama shift pattern offering structured time off
• Stable and growing manufacturing environment
• Opportunity to join a skilled engineering team
• Ongoing training and development opportunities If you are a motivated Maintenance Engineer looking for your next opportunity in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, we would like to hear from you