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Site Maintenance Engineer
DS SMITH PACKAGING LIMITED
ely, cambridgeshire
Posted 18 Oct 2026
Closing: 17 Nov 2026
Permanent
Hybrid
Competitive
Role Description & Technical Scope
Multi Skilled Engineer
Ely
£53,000
Monday - Friday to with occasional Saturday work
Our DS Smith Packaging site at Ely is searching for a Multi-Skilled Shift Maintenance Engineer, with either a Mechanical or Electrical bias but comfortable doing both. You will be working closely with your engineering colleagues, Operations, OEMs and vendors to develop and implement best practices and increase plant and asset reliability.
The role is hands on and fast paced, requiring you to carry out duties with respect to Preventative Maintenance schedules. Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader / Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring any tasks carried out are completed to the best possible standard and in accordance with current regulations and company policy on health and safety, quality, hygiene, housekeeping delivery and cost.
Responsibilities:
This is a Multi Skilled role
Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria."
#LI-SP
#DSENG
Ely
£53,000
Monday - Friday to with occasional Saturday work
Our DS Smith Packaging site at Ely is searching for a Multi-Skilled Shift Maintenance Engineer, with either a Mechanical or Electrical bias but comfortable doing both. You will be working closely with your engineering colleagues, Operations, OEMs and vendors to develop and implement best practices and increase plant and asset reliability.
The role is hands on and fast paced, requiring you to carry out duties with respect to Preventative Maintenance schedules. Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader / Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring any tasks carried out are completed to the best possible standard and in accordance with current regulations and company policy on health and safety, quality, hygiene, housekeeping delivery and cost.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring all maintenance activity meets quality standards with respect to workmanship, processes and procedures in order to deliver plant quality targets
- Ensuring that company procedures and effective controls are followed and implemented with respect to maintenance costs in order to deliver plant cost performance targets
- Working on preventative and breakdown maintenance and feeding back reports
- Ensuring that any parts required are identified and sourced through the engineering Team Leader
- Carrying out dynamic risk assessments on all maintenance tasks undertaken
- Controlling stocks of materials and consumables
- Ensuring you are familiar with all stop devices and procedures on any equipment in your charge
- Being aware of the joint responsibility to keep all factory areas up to agreed standards
This is a Multi Skilled role
- To be successful in this role you will need to be a fully qualified multi-skilled maintenance technician, accredited to a minimum of NVQ Level 3 or BTEC.
- Ideally have both Mechanical and Electrical training and qualifications to support this and 18th Edition wiring regulations.
- You should have experience of PPM implementation, delivery and control with a demonstrable background in a maintenance environment.
- Other essential attributes include good working knowledge of continuous improvement/operational training excellence such as 5S, Lean Manufacturing and Root Cause Problem Solving techniques and experience gained within a fast paced, multi-shift manufacturing environment.
- Competitive salary
- Qualifying Sick Pay scheme
- Pension scheme & Life insurance
- Share Save scheme
- Income Protection
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Virtual GP, Occupational Health & free Flu vaccine
- Cycle to Work and shopping discounts
Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria."
#LI-SP
#DSENG
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 18 Oct 2026
- Location: ely, cambridgeshire
- Employment: Permanent
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Domain: General
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