Maintenance Engineer (Manufacturing)
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Maintenance Engineer (Manufacturing)
Cockburnspath
£47,000 - £57,000 + Overtime + Structured Training + Career Progression + 4 On 4 Off Shift Pattern
Are you a Maintenance Engineer or similar looking for a highly rewarding role with excellent earning potential, plenty of overtime, and a clear pathway to increase your salary through ongoing training and development?
Do you want to join a growing and well-established business where you'll work on a wide range of machinery, solve technical challenges daily, and play a key role in keeping a modern production facility running at peak performance?
On offer is a fantastic opportunity to join a market-leading vegetable washing, grading, and packing facility that invests heavily in its engineering team through structured training, career progression, and long-term development. With a starting salary of £47,000, increasing to £57,000 through training, alongside overtime opportunities, this role offers both immediate rewards and future growth.
This role would suit a Maintenance Engineer or similar with electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills, ideally from a manufacturing, FMCG, food production, or industrial background, who is looking to develop their career within a supportive and forward-thinking engineering team.
In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving site machinery, responding to breakdowns, carrying out planned maintenance, and supporting continuous improvement projects across a busy and technically varied production environment.
The Role
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery
- Diagnosing and repairing mechanical and electrical faults
- Working a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern
- Day shift: 6am to 6pm
- Opportunities for overtime and ongoing training
- One annual night-shift rotation during December (approximately three weeks)
- Seasonal back shift (Autumn, Winter & Spring): 12:00pm - 12:00am
The Person:
- Maintenance Engineer or similar background
- Strong electrical fault-finding skills
- Experience within manufacturing, FMCG, food production, or industrial environments (Preferred)
- Electrical qualification (Preferred)
Reference Number: BBBH25120H
Keywords: Multi-Skilled Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, FMCG, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Production, PPM, Breakdown Engineer, Electrical Maintenance, Industrial Maintenance, Continuous Improvement, Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders
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Our tips for applying
5 recommandations générées par notre IA pour maximiser vos chances.
⭐ Lead your CV with a Personal Statement that explicitly names 'Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer' and references both electrical and mechanical fault-finding, as the advert lists these as the primary requirements.
📊 Quantify your maintenance impact: e.g. 'Reduced unplanned downtime by 22% through implementation of PPM schedules across 15 production lines'.
🎯 Highlight any FMCG, food production, or industrial background prominently in your Work Experience section — the advert flags this as a preferred differentiator.
🔧 List your electrical qualification (e.g. City & Guilds 2391, NVQ Level 3 Electrical) clearly near the top of your Education/Certifications section, as the advert specifically calls this out as preferred.
🌐 Mention experience with shift-based working patterns (particularly continental or 4 on 4 off) to demonstrate you understand the operational demands of this role.
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- •Reduced unplanned production downtime by 18% over 12 months by redesigning PPM schedules across 20 pieces of processing machinery in an FMCG facility.
- •Diagnosed and repaired complex electrical faults on 3 high-speed grading lines within an average of 45 minutes, maintaining 97% line availability across a 4 on 4 off shift pattern.
- •Led a continuous improvement project targeting a recurring conveyor belt failure, eliminating 14 reactive callouts per quarter and saving an estimated £9,000 in lost production time annually.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
A vegetable washing and packing facility investing heavily in its engineering team through structured training and clear salary progression is precisely the environment where I want to develop my career — which is why the Maintenance Engineer role at your Cockburnspath site immediately stood out. With strong electrical fault-finding skills and hands-on experience carrying out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery, I am confident I can contribute from day one while growing into the senior capability this role rewards.
My background in multi-skilled maintenance engineering spans fault diagnosis on high-speed production lines, breakdown response under shift pressure, and supporting continuous improvement projects in manufacturing environments. I am comfortable working a 4 on 4 off shift pattern and understand the demands of keeping a busy production facility running at peak performance.
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Technical
- ›Walk me through your process for diagnosing and repairing an electrical fault on a production line under time pressure.
- ›What planned preventative maintenance systems or software have you used, and how did you structure PPM schedules?
- ›Describe a complex mechanical breakdown you resolved on a high-speed production machine. What was your fault-finding methodology?
- ›How do you approach continuous improvement projects in a manufacturing environment — can you give a specific example?
- ›What electrical qualifications do you hold, and how have you applied them in a food production or FMCG setting?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to respond to a critical breakdown during a shift. How did you prioritise and manage the situation?
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a recurring fault on a machine and implemented a long-term fix. What was the outcome?
- ›Give an example of when you had to work closely with a production team under pressure to minimise downtime. How did you communicate?
- ›Tell me about a time you took on additional training or development to improve your technical skills. What motivated you?
- ›Describe a time you had to adapt quickly to a change in shift pattern or working schedule. How did you manage it?
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Réponses modèles avec la méthode Situation-Tâche-Action-Résultat. À adapter à votre vécu.
Tell me about a time you had to respond to a critical breakdown during a shift. How did you prioritise and manage the situation?
Describe a situation where you identified a recurring fault on a machine and implemented a long-term fix. What was the outcome?