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Food Manufacturing Engineering Recruitment | UK

Delivering multi-skilled maintenance engineers, site automation experts, and capital project leaders.

Overview:

Headquartered in Edinburgh and operating across the UK, we partner with food and beverage processors throughout major industrial areas, including Yorkshire, the Midlands, Lancashire, and Central Scotland. Whether running high-speed packaging equipment, continuous processing lines, or automated facilities, we secure engineers with proven expertise in PLC diagnostics, planned preventive maintenance (PPM), plant reliability, and site safety.

 

Our Recruitment Approach:

  • Targeted Search: We headhunt qualified maintenance and capital project engineers across the UK manufacturing landscape.

  • Technical Vetting: We verify practical hands-on diagnostics, machinery competencies, shift capabilities (continental, 4-on-4-off), and electrical/mechanical certifications.

  • End-to-End Support: We coordinate interviews, clear timelines, and candidate onboarding to keep site disruption to an absolute minimum.

Key Roles We Place:

  • Engineering Managers & Chief Engineers

  • Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineers (Electrical & Mechanical Bias)

  • Project Engineers & CapEx Delivery Managers

  • Reliability & Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineers

  • Controls, Automation & PLC Technicians

  • Utilities & Facilities Engineers (Refrigeration, Steam, Effluent)

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