Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer Shift: Days Only (Week 1 Wednesday-Saturday, Week 2 Thursday-Saturday) Pay: £45,500 + Bonus + Enhanced Pension + sickness pay + Life Assurance Location: Ilminster, Somerset

Looking to escape nights without sacrificing your earnings?

Fed up with Panama shifts? Looking for more time with family, hobbies or simply better work-life balance? This is a rare opportunity to join a leading manufacturer in a days-based role offering a three-day week every other week and no night shifts.

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a profitable and growing business that continues to invest heavily in its people, equipment and facilities. Due to continued growth, they are looking to strengthen their engineering team with the addition of a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer seeking long-term stability, technical challenge and a shift pattern that genuinely offers a better quality of life.

This is what you'll be doing

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you'll play a key role in keeping the site running efficiently through a mixture of planned and reactive maintenance, whilst supporting continuous improvement activities across the factory.

Responsibilities:

* Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and responding to breakdowns to minimise downtime. * Fault finding and repairing both mechanical and electrical equipment. * Working individually and as part of a team to diagnose and resolve control and mechanical failures. * Supporting root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives to improve reliability and OEE. * Working closely with production teams to maximise plant performance. * Ensuring all work is completed safely and in line with company procedures. * Participating in site improvement projects and driving best practice across the department. * Monitoring equipment performance and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency. * Supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge to help develop the wider engineering team.

What we're looking for

* Time served or formally qualified engineer. * Multi-skilled background with either an electrical or mechanical bias (slight preference towards mechanical). * Previous experience within manufacturing, food, FMCG, packaging or similar environments. * Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills. * Experience carrying out both reactive and planned maintenance activities. * Comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment. * Previous experience with CMMS systems would be advantageous. * HNC or Degree qualifications would be beneficial but are not essential.

And this is what you'll get in return

* £45,500 salary * Company bonus scheme * Enhanced pension contributions * Life assurance and critical illness cover * Electric car salary sacrifice scheme * Employee discounts platform * Long service awards * Employee Assistance Programme * On-site parking * Flu vaccinations * Refer a friend scheme

You'll be joining a successful and growing manufacturer with an excellent reputation, strong financial performance and continued investment across the business.

Most importantly, this is a role that offers something increasingly difficult to find in manufacturing – no nights and a shift pattern that gives you a three-day week every other week.

Are you up to the challenge? Are you what we're looking for? Please get in touch today with engineering specialist recruiter, Liam Reid. Please apply with a CV and feel free to include a cover letter outlining why you're perfect for the role. We also have a referral scheme, so if you know somebody who would be a great fit, please get in touch.