Maintenance Engineer
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About the Role
Maintenance Engineer
- High-Speed FMCG Manufacturing | Advanced Automation
- Location: Skelmersdale, Merseyside
- Salary: £52,000 per annum
- Shifts: 4 on / 4 off – rotating days and nights
- Employment Type: Permanent
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a high-speed FMCG manufacturing business in Skelmersdale. This is a modern, highly automated site that has benefited from significant multi-million-pound investment in machinery, automation, and infrastructure.
This role would suit an electrically biased or multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer who enjoys working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with complex, automated systems.
The Role
As a Maintenance Engineer, you will play a key role in maintaining site performance, minimising downtime, and supporting continuous improvement across high-speed production equipment, packaging machinery, and end-of-line robotics.
Key responsibilities include:
- Electrical and mechanical breakdown repairs on high-speed production equipment, packaging machinery, and end-of-line robotics
- Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) to ensure reliability, safety, and compliance
- Fault-finding across automated systems including conveyors, drives, sensors, and control systems
- Supporting ongoing site investment, machinery upgrades, and automation projects
- Working closely with production and engineering teams to maximise equipment uptime
What we’re looking for
To succeed in this Maintenance Engineer role, you will ideally have:
- Experience as a Maintenance Engineer within FMCG or high-speed manufacturing
- Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding capability
- Experience maintaining automated production and packaging machinery
- A proactive, safety-conscious approach to engineering
- Flexibility to work a rotating 4 on / 4 off days and nights shift pattern
What’s on Offer
- £52,000 basic salary
- 4 on / 4 off rotating days and nights
- Staff discount scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Private healthcare
- Long-term security within a heavily invested manufacturing site
If you’re a Maintenance Engineer looking for role within a modern, high-speed FMCG manufacturing business with advanced automation and strong long-term investment, this opportunity in Skelmersdale is well worth exploring.