Multiskilled Engineer

The Multiskilled Engineer maintains, improves, and optimises manufacturing equipment and site services to maximum reliability and performance.

The role supports the business World Class Engineering vision by finding root causes, preventing repeat failures and delivering permanent ‘100-year fixes.

The successful candidate will be proactive, challenge temporary repairs and deliver robust long-term engineering solutions.

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities.
• Respond quickly and effectively to equipment breakdowns and production stoppages.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults across manufacturing and packing equipment.
• Ensure repairs are completed safely, effectively, and to a high standard.
• Escalate recurring issues and support permanent corrective actions.
• Support Extons’ journey towards World Class Engineering standards.
• Challenge recurring failures and breakdown trends by identifying true root causes.
• Deliver permanent corrective actions and engineering improvements instead of temporary fixes.
• Promote the philosophy of "fix it once, fix it right."
• Actively contribute ideas that improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and performance.
• Participate in reliability improvement projects and engineering best practice initiatives.
• Support development of engineering standards, procedures, and asset care programmes.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment efficiency, and productivity.
• Participate in root cause analysis investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Work with Production, Technical, and CI teams to deliver sustainable solutions.
• Ensure repairs are completed to a standard that protects product quality and food safety.
• Support audit requirements and compliance standards including BRC and customer requirements.