Electrical and Mechanical Maintenance Technician

February 25, 2026

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Looking for a busy and active role where you can fully utilise your expertise? We're recruiting talented electrically biased Shift Maintenance Engineers to join our fast-paced, clean, state of the art FMCG manufacturing facility. Here's what's in store for you: Safety first environment with the provision of high quality PPE High volume (FMCG) production environment with plenty of opportunity to develop your skills Empowering team, welcoming your input and encouraging you to apply your expertise. About the Role Continental shift pattern: Rotating days and nights (4 on 4 off). If you join us, you'll be on days during your induction. ?Your overall contribution at Northwood: Sustaining and improving equipment reliability and efficiency, creating and monitoring innovative maintenance programs, supporting commissioning of new lines and the development of performance measures and yearly maintenance plans. You'll also play a key role in cross-skilling our Operators' skillset in Changeovers, CILs, and minor PPMs and repairs. Your day to day: Troubleshooting electrical and mechanical machinery issues, conducting RCA and implementing long-term solutions and prevention, educating our people on best practice. PLC interrogation/electrical fault finding Managing spare parts, conducting criticality and obsolescence assessments, and supporting CI initiatives. Utilising process improvement tools such as 5S, TPM, and Kaizen, supporting our CI. Benefits Company pension Life assurance Free company products Free on-site parking Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service Free early access to pay scheme Salary sacrifice schemes Employee referral scheme Requirements What we need from you: Proven experience as an Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer. Experience in an FMCG or converting environment (e.g. Foods, Packaging, Printing, Paper, Pharmaceuticals, etc.) A proactive approach to equipment efficiency and reliability. Level 3 Electrical qualification (ideally apprenticeship time served) If you're ready to be part of a winning team, apply and we'll be in touch!

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