Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer

Rotherham Area | Food Manufacturing | Days & Nights Available

Are you an Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer looking for a role where you can genuinely develop your skills, work with cutting-edge technology, and be part of a fantastic team culture?

We’re recruiting for a highly automated food manufacturing site in the Rotherham area that is investing heavily in both its people and equipment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a business that values its engineers, promotes from within, and provides genuine long-term career progression.

What’s in it for you?

  • Work on a highly automated production facility with modern manufacturing technology

  • Join a supportive and collaborative engineering team

  • Excellent training and development opportunities

  • Clear progression routes into senior engineering, reliability, projects, and leadership positions

  • A positive, people-focused culture where engineers are respected and valued

  • Ongoing investment in machinery, automation, and site improvements

The Role

As an Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving production performance across a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You’ll be responsible for both reactive and planned maintenance activities, fault finding, and continuous improvement projects.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Electrical fault finding and diagnostics on automated production equipment

  • Planned preventative maintenance (PPM)

  • Supporting continuous improvement and reliability initiatives

  • Working with PLC-controlled machinery and automated systems

  • Ensuring equipment performance, safety, and reliability standards are maintained

About You

We’re looking for engineers who have:

  • Electrical engineering qualifications (Apprenticeship, NVQ, HNC, or equivalent)

  • Experience within manufacturing, food, FMCG, packaging, or automated production environments

  • Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills

  • A proactive approach and desire to continuously develop

Why Join?

This is more than just another maintenance role. You’ll be joining a business with an outstanding reputation for employee engagement, a genuinely great culture on site, and some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the region. If you’re looking for a company that will invest in your future and give you the opportunity to progress your career, we’d love to hear from you.

Job information

  • Job reference: AH05018
  • Location: Rotherham, South Yorkshire
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Job sector: Engineering
  • Salary: £48k - 53k per year
  • Published: June 17, 2026
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