Specialist Engineering Recruitment for UK Manufacturing, Food & FMCG, and Machinery Businesses.

SimWest Engineering Recruitment helps manufacturing and machinery businesses hire skilled engineers across maintenance, service, design, controls, projects and leadership roles. We support employers across Food & Drink, FMCG, Special Purpose Machinery and wider manufacturing sectors, connecting them with engineers who understand technical environments and long-term business needs.

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Why Choose a Specialist Engineering Recruitment Partner?

Hiring for Engineering roles in Manufacturing and Machinery is uniquely challenging. Skills are highly specialised, talent pools are limited, and the quality of an engineer can directly affect productivity, downtime and operational performance. Working with a specialist engineering recruitment agency like SimWest Engineering Recruitment offers a significant advantage.

As specialist engineering recruiters, we understand manufacturing environments, machinery, and the differences between engineering roles. Our established networks have been built over many years and allow us to reach skilled, passive engineers beyond job boards - giving employers access to engineering talent competitors can’t reach.

By acting as a trusted engineering recruitment partner, we deliver better engineering hires, reduced turnover and stronger long-term results.

Engineering Recruitment Services

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Engineering Recruitment for key Manufacturing Sectors:

Special Purpose Machinery Recruitment

SimWest supports companies involved in the design, manufacture and supply of special-purpose machinery, connecting them with top engineering talent across design, projects, production, service, controls and other specialist engineering roles.

Food & Beverage Recruitment

SimWest partners with Food & Beverage manufacturers across the UK, connecting them with high-quality engineering talent across maintenance, engineering management, projects, automation and other key engineering roles - helping keep operations running efficiently and reliably.

FMCG Manufacturing Recruitment

Alongside Food & Beverage manufacturing, SimWest supports a range of other FMCG sectors, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and household products, recruiting skilled engineers across manufacturing and packaging environments.

Other Manufacturing Sector Recruitment

SimWest works with manufacturing businesses across multiple sectors, supplying highly-skilled engineering professionals and tailoring our recruitment approach to different processes and operational challenges.

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Preston, Lancashire46000

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

A growing food manufacturer in Preston is looking for a proactive Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to support modern production and high-speed packaging machinery. 12-hour rotating days and nights, £46,000 salary, plus benefits and development opportunities.

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Blackburn, LancashireBase salary up to £50,000 pa

Electrical Design Engineer

We are recruiting for an Electrical Design Engineer to join an established engineering business in Blackburn. This role will involve designing bespoke machine control systems, producing electrical schematics and supporting projects from concept through to build, testing, commissioning and customer acceptance. The position would suit an Electrical Design Engineer, Controls Design Engineer or Electrical CAD Engineer with experience in machinery, automation, control systems or panel design environments.

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Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire£50,000 - £55,000 pa

Project Manager – Capital Equipment & Machinery

Experienced Project Manager required for a permanent, predominantly office-based role with a long-established machinery manufacturer in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Managing bespoke machinery and capital equipment projects valued from £500k to £5m, you will oversee delivery from order handover through design, manufacture, FAT, installation, SAT and final customer acceptance. Ideal for an Engineering Project Manager, Technical Project Manager or Project Engineer with experience in special purpose machinery, capital equipment, automation or complex engineered systems.

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Burnley, Lancashire£40,000 - £50,000 + Commission & Company Car

Sales Engineer

Sales Engineer opportunity with a respected UK manufacturer of specialist equipment supplied into the Food & FMCG Manufacturing sector. This role would suit either an experienced Sales Engineer / Technical Sales professional or a hands-on engineer looking to move into sales. Offering a £40,000 - £50,000 salary, company car, commission, training and long-term career development, the role involves UK-wide travel, new business development, account management and on-site customer demonstrations.

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What Services Does SimWest Engineering Recruitment offer?

As specialist engineering recruiters, SimWest provides both contingency and retained recruitment services. From our Manchester base, we support manufacturing businesses throughout the UK with permanent, contract and interim recruitment across a wide range of engineering disciplines.

We use specialist headhunting, targeted outreach and our extensive engineering network to identify and shortlist experienced engineering professionals capable of adding immediate value to your manufacturing business.

Recruitment Solutions:

Contingency Recruitment
Retained Search
Permanent Hiring
Contract & Interim Solutions

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