Maintenance Technician (Multi-skilled)
Northern Foods Manufacturing · Gateshead — 6 miles from you · On-site
Multi-skilled maintenance cover across three automated packing lines. Planned maintenance, breakdown response and continuous improvement work with an engineering team of eight.
- Salary
- £40,500 + shift allowance
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 42 hours average
- Shift pattern
- 4 on / 4 off, days & nights
- Travel
- None — single site
- Relocation
- Not required
- Minimum experience
- 3 years
- Start date
- As soon as notice allows
- Application deadline
- 12 Sep 2026
- Positions
- 2
- Visa sponsorship
- Not available
- International
- Not applicable
Day-to-day responsibilities
- • Respond to line breakdowns and restore production safely
- • Deliver the planned maintenance schedule through the CMMS
- • Fault-find on 3-phase motor control and pneumatic systems
- • Support minor PLC-controlled line improvements
Requirements checked against your Employment Card
Level 3 engineering qualification Mandatory · Qualification
BTEC Level 3 — document supported
18th Edition wiring regulations Mandatory · Qualification
Certificate on Career Passport
3+ years industrial maintenance Mandatory · Experience
9 years across Siemens and rail
Mechanical fault diagnosis Mandatory · Skill
Electrical testing & inspection Mandatory · Skill
Permit to work / isolation Mandatory · Skill
Right to work in the UK Mandatory · Right to work
Willing to work nights Mandatory · Skill
Confirmed in your voice session
CMMS experience Preferred · Skill
Food or FMCG environment Preferred · Experience
Transferable from manufacturing — employer accepts adjacent sectors
PLC fault-finding Preferred · Skill
IOSH or equivalent Preferred · Qualification
Continuous improvement exposure Preferred · Skill
Driving licence Preferred · Licence
Benefits & training
- • Shift allowance
- • Company pension 8%
- • Life assurance
- • On-site parking
- • Food safety induction
- • Internal PLC upskilling
Progression
Technician → Senior Technician → Shift Engineer within 3 years
Checks required at offer stage
- • Right to work check at offer stage
- • Basic reference check
Sensitive documents stay in your Employment Wallet and are only requested once an offer is accepted.