Job Description:

Junior Mechanical Engineer - Food Production & Packaging Location: Suffolk Salary: Up to £32,000 Sector: FMCG / Fresh Produce Manufacturing

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading food production and packaging operation in Suffolk. The site is a high-volume, fast-paced facility processing and packing fresh produce for national distribution year-round.

This is a mechanically focused maintenance role, supporting the reliability, uptime, and performance of automated production equipment across site.

Key Responsibilities

• Mechanical maintenance, repair, and servicing of production and packaging equipment
• Responding to breakdowns and carrying out fault diagnosis in live production environments
• Working on conveyors, drive systems, bearings, gearboxes, pumps, wash systems, and packaging machinery
• Supporting planned preventative maintenance schedules
• Assisting with installation, adjustments, and continuous improvement work
• Working across production areas, workshop spaces, and chilled environments

What's on Offer

• Salary up to £32,000 depending on experience
• Monday to Friday structure with occasional weekend cover during peak periods
• Overtime available, particularly during seasonal demand
• Training and progression into a fully multi-skilled maintenance engineer role
• Long-term opportunity within a stable, established FMCG environment

What We're Looking For

• Background in mechanical maintenance (industrial, FMCG, agricultural, or similar)
• Strong hands-on fault-finding and repair capability
• Understanding of core mechanical systems such as conveyors, motors, pumps, and gearboxes
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, production-led environment
• Willingness to develop technically and take on increasing responsibility