Maintenance Engineer

Job description

Multi-Skilled Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Noble Foods (Gainsborough Poultry site) | Fast-paced FMCG Environment

Are you a hands-on engineer who thrives in a busy production environment? Do you enjoy fault-finding, fixing problems fast, and keeping vital machinery running smoothly? If so, Noble Foods wants you on our engineering team.

We’re looking for a multi-skilled maintenance engineer with a strong electrical bias and solid mechanical experience to help keep our high-volume poultry processing site operating safely, efficiently, and reliably.

The Role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving our production and site services equipment. This is a practical, varied role where no two days are the same.

You’ll be:

• Responding quickly to breakdowns and carrying out effective electrical and mechanical fault-finding
• Maintaining and repairing production machinery including conveyors, evisceration equipment, packing machines, and chillers
• Completing planned preventative maintenance and supporting continuous improvement
• Fault-finding on PLC-controlled systems, motors, drives, sensors, and control panels
• Carrying out mechanical work on gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics, hydraulics, and basic fabrication
• Working closely with production and hygiene teams to minimise downtime
• Supporting shutdowns, installations, and site engineering projects
• Recording all work accurately using the site CMMS
• Ensuring all tasks meet strict food safety, hygiene, and health & safety standards

♂ What We’re Looking For

You’ll be a confident, safety-focused engineer who can think on their feet in a high-volume environment.

Essential:

• Recognised electrical qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent)
• Multi-skilled engineer with a strong electrical bias
• Solid mechanical fault-finding experience in a manufacturing environment
• Good working knowledge of PLC fault-finding, motors, inverters, sensors, and control systems
• Experience with pneumatics and hydraulics
• Understanding of permit-to-work, isolation, and lock-off procedures

Desirable:

• Experience in food, FMCG, or poultry processing environments

Training & Development

We invest in our people. Depending on your experience, you’ll receive training in areas such as:

• Health & Safety (IOSH Working Safely, behavioural safety, hazard reporting)
• HACCP and food hygiene
• Safe systems of work
• Manual and mechanical handling
• Role-specific technical and process training

What’s in It for You?

We offer far more than just a competitive salary:

• Overtime opportunities
• Ongoing training and development
• Free hot drinks on shift ☕
• Free meal every day in our on-site canteen
• Discounted eggs and chicken
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
• Free life insurance
• Enhanced sick pay scheme
• Perkbox benefits including monthly freebies from Greggs or Café Nero
• DigiCare+ access: Digital GP, annual health checks, mental health support & more
• Discounted gym memberships
• Free eye test every two years
• Discounted mobile phone contracts
• Annual bonus through our People Partnership (after 6 months)
• Extra allowances for First Aiders & Mental Health First Aiders
• Wellness programme & Employee Charity Matching Scheme
• Celebration Day – enjoy an extra day off after one year’s service to celebrate a life event

Join Us

If you’re an engineer who takes pride in keeping production moving and wants to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help power the future of Noble Foods, Gainsborough Poultry site.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Gainsborough

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

05-02-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English