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Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Donington le Heath
1 week ago
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Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer – £56,120 + Bonus (OTE £65k+) – Leicester (LE67)
5 on 5 off, 4 on 4 off (Days and Nights) – 15% Matched Pension + Overtime (1.5x, 2x) + 23 Shifts Holiday + Canteen Discount

About the client
ATA are supporting one of the UK’s largest manufacturers, operating 36 sites nationwide and employing over 2,100 people. This site is one of the newest and most advanced facilities in the UK, having received significant investment and housing state-of-the-art automation and process technology. With a reputation for stability, growth, and excellent training, this is a superb opportunity for a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join a secure, forward-thinking manufacturer offering genuine technical development and long-term prospects.

What you’ll be doing
As a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, you’ll be responsible for maintaining, fault finding, and repairing complex production equipment across a fully automated plant. Key responsibilities include:

Carrying out electrical and mechanical fault finding, planned maintenance (PPM), and reactive repair work across all plant areas.
Working with equipment such as hoppers, mixers, silos, conveyors, kilns, hydraulics, pneumatics, large slicing machinery, and packaging systems.
Electrical work: wiring machines, reading technical drawings, fault finding with PLCs, working on motors, solenoids, inverters, and electrical interlocks.
Mechanical work: replacing mechanical components like bearings, shafts and chains, working with hydraulics and pneumatics.
Supporting site projects, reliability improvements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
What the client is looking for
To succeed as a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, you’ll need:

A recognised engineering qualification equivalent to a Level 3 or above (NVQ, City and Guilds, BTEC, ONC, HNC etc.)
Experience in industrial or automated environments.
Electrical competence in fault finding, 415V systems, and control panels.
Basic mechanical knowledge and confidence working on pneumatics and hydraulics.
A flexible, proactive attitude and a willingness to develop technically.
Why you should apply

Join one of the UK’s most advanced and profitable manufacturing sites with a secure 80-year material supply.
Excellent pay and overtime potential (up to £65k+ OTE).
10% company pension contribution, canteen discount, and continuous training including PLC and ABB robotics programming.
Supportive, close-knit engineering team within a modern and growing business.
Clear long-term stability with strong internal training and progression opportunities.
If you think you’re the right Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer for this role, apply today or contact (url removed) or call Faisal on (phone number removed).

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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