Multi-Skilled Shift Maintenance Engineer

Are you a multi-skilled maintenance engineer with experience in conveying systems, product detection, and packaging machinery in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) environment, looking to join a forward thinking family-owned business? We're investing over £10 million in our operations and infrastructure, and we want passionate, expert engineers to help drive our success.

Who We Are

Fold Hill Foods Ltd are a Pet Food Manufacturing business who's founders have been farming the land near Boston in Lincolnshire for over 100 years. Based just 15 minutes from the centre of Boston, Fold Hill is one of the largest employers between Boston and Skegness. At Fold Hill Foods Ltd, we're more than just a company; we're a team driven by passion, expertise, and a dedication to sustainability. For generations, we've built a business that values quality and strong relationships. Now, with a significant investment in innovation and growth, we're looking for motivated individuals to join us on this exciting journey.

Your Role as a Multi Skilled Shift Maintenance Engineer

We want our engineers to have the autonomy to find improvements that can be made, order the relevant parts through our stores, and make the improvement. This not only improves the safety and performance of how the machinery runs, but it also makes the job we do more engaging and ultimately more enjoyable.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will use your engineering knowledge and skills as a team in the upkeep and improvement of this factory, its amenities, and its production equipment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on a wide range of machinery and systems. Including: Automated, network-linked milling, process, and packing equipment, Gas fired ovens, Mill equipment designed to grind, sieve, store and handle ingredients, Extruders and mixers, Conveying systems with associated motors and drive systems, QR coded CMMS system, Forklift trucks, cherry picker & scissor lift, Lighting & electrical supplies, Steam boiler with associated pipework and valves, Hydraulics and pneumatics, Site amenities.


• Diagnose and troubleshoot breakdowns, minimising downtime and ensuring quick resolution.


• Work collaboratively with production teams to optimise equipment performance.


• Contribute to improvement projects as part of our ongoing investment in the facility.


• Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure compliance with health & safety standards.

What We’re Looking For:

• Passion: You’re enthusiastic about engineering and take pride in solving problems and keeping equipment running at its best.


• Expertise: You have strong multi-skilled experience, with qualifications in both electrical and mechanical maintenance.


• Teamwork: You thrive in a collaborative, shift-based environment where communication and cooperation are key.


• Sustainability: You understand the importance of energy efficiency and are committed to supporting our sustainability goals.

What We Offer:

• Family-First Culture: Join a close-knit team where your input and contribution truly matter.


• £10 Million Investment: Be part of an exciting period of growth and modernisation.


• Professional Development: Ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and career.


• Sustainability Focus: Work for a business that is committed to reducing its environmental impact and promoting eco-friendly practices.

Our current shift pattern is four days on, four off, four nights on, four off, rotating with the option of overtime if you have a project or improvement which requires your undivided attention.

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting time to be part of Fold Hill Foods Ltd. Our £10 million investment is paving the way for modernisation and development, creating new opportunities across the business. If you are looking for a role where you can make a real impact, in a company that truly cares about its people and the planet, this is the perfect opportunity.

We like to invest in our engineers, so if there are skills that you feel aren’t strong, we’ll do what we can to improve these; for example,

• Mechanically biased engineers with electrical experience but without the qualifications, we offer a 15-day Industrial Electrical Maintenance course, and this will allow you to obtain the following:

> EAL Level 3 in Industrial and Panel Wiring

> C&G Fundamental Electrical Principles and Practices for Industrial Practices

> C&G 2391-52 Initial Inspection and Periodic Testing of Electrical Installations

• Electrically biased engineers with a passion for PLCs, we offer:

> C&G PLC course

or instead, for those who prefer to strengthen their electrical testing skills

> C&G 2391-52 Initial Inspection and Periodic Testing of Electrical Installations

With these courses, if they’re required to carry out your duties, we’ll get you on them as soon as possible.

Company Benefits

• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Health & wellbeing programme


• Life insurance


• Free on-site parking


• Paid breaks


• Welcome Bonus: You will automatically receive £150 after successfully completing your probationary period, plus a further £150 3 months later.


• Site wide bonus scheme based on the companies and individuals’ performance.

Apply Now!

If you are passionate about making a difference and want to join Fold Hill Foods Ltd in their mission to ensure happy pets for happy pet parents, we would love to hear from you.

We respectfully request that no agencies contact us about this role.