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Maintenance Engineer

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Posting date: 24 February 2026
Salary: £45,000 to £47,000 per year
Additional salary information: Benefits
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 10 March 2026
Location: Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2QE
Company: Hunter Selection Limited
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: SE27479_1771950458

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Summary

Maintenance Engineer
Ely, Cambridgeshire

£45,000-£47,000 + Regular Overtime

Monday-Friday Earlies (6-2) & Lates (2-10)

Benefits:-

  • Early Finish Fridays!!
  • Private Pension (5% Employee & 4% Employer), Life Assurance X4
  • 24 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
  • Profit Related Bonus Scheme

Do you want to work for a leading manufacturer that has been established the local area for a number of years. Due to site investment and development, they are looking for an experienced multi-skilled maintenance engineer to join their close knit team.

Role & responsibilities of a maintenance engineer:

  • Provide electrical & mechanical support & repairs for all production equipment & site services
  • Fixing production machinery, industrial processing equipment, conveyors, packaging machinery, automation & controls, PLC's, site services & facilities
  • Supporting with project work - new machine & production line installs
  • PPM's, electrical & mechanical fault finding, problem solving, machine upgrades

Knowledge, skills & experience need to be a maintenance engineer:

  • Ideally be a multi-skilled maintenance engineer - confident both electrically & mechanically
  • Apprenticeship trained or a time-served engineering with mechanical & electrical qualifications
  • Previously worked in FMCG or packaging manufacturing
  • Able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong electrical & mechanical fault finding & problem solving skills
  • PLC - electrical fault finding - desirable
  • Experience of carrying out CI projects, new machine installations

"To apply please email your CV / resume to [ chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk ]". - Chris Gumm - 01908 010 438

If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours, please presume you are unsuccessful.

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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