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  • Location:

    Shaftesbury

  • Sector:

    Engineering & Technical

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Up to £53000.00 per annum

  • Contact:

    Liam Reid

  • Email:

    liam.reid@yolkrecruitment.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH40329

  • Published:

    about 2 hours ago

  • Expiry date:

    04 January 2026

Shift Maintenance Engineer

4 on 4 off (Days & Nights)

Circa £53,000

Location: North Dorset (commutable from Shaftesbury, Salisbury, Yeovil, Blandford Forum, Warminster and surrounding areas)

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a stable, well-invested manufacturer at their award winning site that values its people and encourages development across every level of the business. You'll be joining a team with an excellent culture, who are supported, trusted, and given the tools to grow both technically and professionally.

This is what you'll be doing

The Maintenance Engineer will play a key part in maintaining, improving, and developing site performance through proactive maintenance, fault finding, and project work.

Typical responsibilities include:

  • Carrying out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across a range of automated production and packaging machinery.
  • Electrical fault finding, safe isolation, and component replacement across panels, drives, inverters, relays, and control systems.
  • Supporting mechanical maintenance including pumps, conveyors, bearings, gearboxes, and pneumatic systems.
  • Working closely with production teams to maintain uptime and product quality while following strict hygiene and safety standards.
  • Supporting and driving continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and operations.
  • Keeping accurate maintenance records and ensuring compliance with site and industry standards.
  • Taking part in structured internal and external training to continually develop your skillset.

The experience you'll bring to the team

  • Electrically biased preferred but not essential
  • If mechanically trained, it is essential that you are able to demonstrate strong fault-finding skills across electrical systems.
  • Ideally apprentice-trained or qualified to NVQ Level 3 / HNC either electrically or mechanically
  • Experience working within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
  • Confident working independently and as part of a small, close-knit team.
  • Positive attitude towards personal development and continuous improvement.

And this is what you'll get in return

  • Circa £53,000 annual salary
  • 9% company pension contribution
  • 28 days holiday
  • Regular overtime opportunities
  • Life assurance
  • Secure, long-term career prospects with a growing manufacturer

Benefits currently under review, including enhanced salary sacrifice schemes that go beyond the usual cycle-to-work, with options for electric vehicle schemes and wider lifestyle benefits being rolled out across the group.

Are you up to the challenge?

Please get in touch today with engineering specialist recruiter Liam Reid at Yolk Recruitment.

Apply with your CV or contact Liam directly to discuss your background and the role in more detail.

We do our best to contact all applicants, but due to high volumes, if you've not heard within 7 days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note, the client is unable to accept applications from candidates who require sponsorship.