Posted 21 July, 2026
Maintenance Engineer
Hunter Selection
CB1, ENG, GB
Full Time
Job Description
Maintenance Engineer Cambridge Monday-Friday 8am-5pm + 1 in 3 Week Call Out Rota £48,000 + Overtime Our client is a leading food manufacturer that is part of a larger European Group. Due to an up and coming retirement, they are looking for a maintenance engineer, to join their close knit team. Role & Responsibilities: Responsible for supporting PPM's and reactive maintenance across all site production & packaging machinery, site services & facilities Electrical & mechanical fault finding, problem solving and repairs New machinery installations, project work PLC - electrical fault finding Worked on conveyors, mixers, baggers, production lines, packaging machinery, elevators, metal detectors, stitchers, labellers, scanners Fixing motors, gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics, chains, sprockets, control panels, sensors, safety circuits, pumps, blowers, hydraulics Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Open to either electrical or mechanical biased engineers, but must have electrical fault finding capabilities Must be comfortable working in a small team, flexible to working a call out rota Ideally have completed a time-served-apprenticeship Level 3 qualified or higher in engineering Electrical & mechanical fault finding skills Must have previously have worked in fast-paced manufacturing, ideally food / FMCG PLC - electrical fault finding Mechanical fabrication, fitting, and welding skills would be beneficial Must have worked with pneumatics & hydraulics Ideally have a varied career, comfortable working at heights and in confined spaces 17th or 18th Edition Able to work unsupervised If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours, please presume you are unsuccessful. Code: INDENM 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
