Days Maintenance Engineer


Company:	Hunter Selection Limited
Salary:	£54,000 to £55,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	East London, E16 2EW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	4 Sept 2026
Closing date:	18 Sept 2026

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Summary

Maintenance Engineer

East London (E16)

Monday-Friday Days (7am-3pm)

£55,000 + Overtime

Benefits:-

5% Bonus Scheme

Group Private Pension (9% Employer Contribution) + X4 Life Assurance

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Private Healthcare, 24/7 GP Service, EAP

Enhanced Parental Policies, 3 Days Paid Voluntary Work, Income Protection

Free Parking, EV Charging Zones

Our client is an established food manufacturer, part of a larger global group, with multiple sites worldwide. Due to growth & CI Projects at the site, they are looking for a new maintenance engineer to join their production & packaging team.

Role & Responsibilities:

Carry out planned, reactive maintenance and safety checks on all high-speed food production lines, packaging machinery, conveyors, metal detectors, labellers, baggers, checkweighers, PLC's, control panels, robotics, depositors

Electrical & mechanical fault finding, repairs, stripdowns & overhauls

Working on motors, gearboxes, VSD's, inverters, sensors, pneumatics, hydraulics, drives, bearings

Improving plant availability, reliability and continuous improvement work

Monitor contractors on site, ordering spares & parts

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Ideally have completed a recognised apprenticeship

HNC / HND qualified in Engineering

Electrical & mechanical fault finding and problem solving skills

Previously have dealt with industrial processing & equipment and manufacturing systems

Must have worked in a similar food manufacturing or FMCG environment

Knowledge of electrical safety isolation procedures would be beneficial

Must have worked on motors, sensors, inverters, gearboxes, VSD's, pneumatics, drives

Experience of using SAP would be beneficial

Advantageous if worked with PLC systems

Any experience of working in an ATEX / CompEX environment would be great

"To apply please email your CV / resume to [

chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk

]". / 01908 010 438

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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