Maintenance Engineer - Reed Talent Solutions : Job Details

Are you a multi-skilled engineer with an electrical or mechanical bias, seeking a rewarding career that offers personal development, career progression, and recognition for your achievements? If so, FBC UK has exciting opportunities for mechanical and electrical specialists to join our FMCG engineering maintenance team in Blackpool, Lancashire.

As a Shift Maintenance Engineer, you’ll provide high-quality support to our production operations by maintaining, repairing, and improving plant and equipment—ensuring optimal performance and minimal downtime across our biscuit manufacturing systems. This role requires a proactive approach to both planned and reactive maintenance, with a strong emphasis on safety, hygiene, and product quality.

You’ll be part of a team of 20 skilled mechanical and electrical FMCG engineers, supported by a management team that actively encourages professional development and internal progression. Whether you're a mechanical engineer, electrician, or multi-skilled maintenance specialist, this is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your expertise, increase your value, and be rewarded for your growth.

Our maintenance teams operate seven days a week, providing 24-hour coverage via a Panama shift pattern, with both day and night shifts available. Overtime is paid at 1.5x the standard rate, and Easter and Christmas shutdown periods are paid at overtime rates for those scheduled to work.

Key accountabilities

• Professional Development: Engage in a structured development plans to enhance your technical skills and qualifications in required areas
• Hands-On Maintenance & Repairs: Perform planned and reactive maintenance on a wide range of high-speed food production equipment, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance
• Technical Problem Solving: Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults across diverse machinery, including ovens, mixers, conveyors, and packaging systems
• Operational Support: Collaborate with production teams during changeovers and start-ups to maintain smooth operations and reduce delays, plus flexibility to support shift work and overtime
• Safety & Compliance Focus: Work in full compliance with Health & Safety, food hygiene, and 5S standards, while proactively identifying and reporting risks
• Continuous Improvement & Projects: Drive equipment reliability through improvement initiatives and support engineering projects such as installations and upgrades

Skills & experience:

To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Multi-skilled Engineer with a time-served apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, offering strong fault-finding abilities across either discipline
• Proven experience in fast-paced manufacturing or hgihgy regulated environments
• Committed to safety and standards, with solid understanding of health & safety, food safety, and hygiene regulations

Why join Us?

FBC UK is home to iconic brands like Maryland, Fox’s, Jammie Dodgers and Rocky, and we’re proud to be trusted manufacturing partners to some of the UK’s biggest retailers and household names.

While our biscuits are loved nationwide, it’s our people who are the real secret to our success. Their passion drives everything we do. You could be the jammy to our Dodger, the party ring to our Fox’s, or the choc chip to our Maryland. We’re looking for creative thinkers with an entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to help shape our future.

We care deeply about our brands and our people, which is why we live by our values. We believe in respect, responsibility and inclusivity. We value loyalty, trust and open communication. Integrity and humility guide our actions. We embrace bold thinking and stay true to our vision. We’re passionate about quality, innovation and giving back with purpose.

We believe in empowering you to achieve your aspirations and dreams, both in your work and in your life. Join a thriving community that invests in learning, development and well-being, and supports you in building a fulfilling career.

Other

We believe in empowering you to achieve your aspirations and dreams, both in your work and in your life. To help you achieve your goals, we offer a variety of core, including:

• Flexibile overtime (1.5 x standard rate)
• Funded Personal/Professional Development Opportunities
• Pension (5% minimum employee contribution and 3% employer contribution)
• 20 Days Holiday 3 bank holidays
• Death in service
• Recgonition scheme (points based)
• Employee Assistance programme
• Family fun day (August each year)

Diversity Statmeent

FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

Compliance

Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:

• Pre-screening - We will check that your CV meets the essential/eligibility criteria listed in the Skills & Experience section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the criteria above
• CV Review - Your CV, supporting documents and qualification notes will be reviewed by hiring managers to determine eligibility for interview
• Interview - If invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the sift categories in the Skills & Experience section of this advert. We operate a single stage interview process
• Feedback - Feedback will be provided post-interview. If successful, your application will be considered for offer. Please note feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview