Maintenance Engineer (Manufacturing/FMCG)

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Job information

  • Location: Cranbrook, Kent
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Job sector: Engineering
  • Salary: Up to £48000.00 per annum + Overtime + Flexible Start Times
  • Published: 8 July 2026

Maintenance Engineer (Manufacturing/FMCG)

Cranbrook

Up to £48,000 + Overtime + Flexible Start Times + Career Progression + Training

Are you an Electrical or Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or similar looking for a highly rewarding role with excellent earning potential, plenty of overtime, and a clear pathway to upskill through ongoing training and development?

Do you want to join a growing and well-established business with exciting upcoming growth plans where you’ll work on a wide range of machines, and play a key role in production factory running at peak performance?

On offer is the chance for an Electrical or Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or similar to join a company that invests in their Engineers and builds careers for them within the company with great training and progression opportunities.

This role would suit an Electrical or Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or similar 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 production environment.

The Role

  • Carrying out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery
  • Diagnosing and repairing mechanical and electrical faults
  • Opportunities for in-house and external training and development
  • Flexible start times
  • 1pm to 9pm Monday to Friday

The Person:

  • Maintenance Engineer or similar background
  • Experience within manufacturing environment
  • FMCG or food production background 1+ years

Reference Number: BBBH26195

Keywords: Multi-Skilled Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, FMCG, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Production, PPM, Breakdown Engineer, Electrical Maintenance, Industrial Maintenance, Ashford, Cranbrook, Staplehurst, Marden

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