Join Our Team as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – Avonmouth
Nisbets is seeking a proactive and enthusiastic Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our growing Engineering team in Avonmouth. Reporting directly to the Automation Engineering Manager, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our site running smoothly and efficiently, working with a wide range of modern automation equipment including conveyors, AMR robots, and carton-handling machinery.
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer looking to take the next step in a stable, supportive, and forward thinking business. You’ll be involved in all aspects of planned and reactive maintenance and will gain hands on experience with cutting edge automated systems.
Core Hours:
Monday – Friday, 14:45 – 23:45 (40 Hour week) with participation in an out of hours call out rota.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on automation equipment across the site.
- Develop new skills and gain hands-on experience with advanced automated systems.
- Diagnose and resolve equipment faults quickly to minimise downtime.
- Work safely at all times, adhering to company policies and regulatory standards.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment reliability and performance.
- Participate in an on call rota and occasional weekend cover (overtime available).
- Collaborate closely with operational teams to maximise automation availability and reduce production impact.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure systems remain compliant and operational.
- Complete thorough risk assessments and follow safe working practices throughout all tasks.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
- Proven experience in a multi skilled maintenance role.
- Time served apprenticeship desirable but not essential.
- Relevant qualifications such as ONC, NVQ Level 3, MS Elec, or equivalent.
- Strong understanding of automation systems, including fault finding and troubleshooting.
- Experience delivering both planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a flexible approach to weekend work when required.
- Excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to safety.
- Good IT capability, particularly with Microsoft Excel and general office applications.
- Experience using CMMS software is an advantage but not essential.
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary plus annual performance related bonus.
- 25 days’ holiday plus your birthday off.
- Opportunity to earn up to 4 additional days’ holiday or a cash bonus through excellent attendance.
- Generous discounts and cashback at hundreds of retailers via The Kitchen platform.
- Huge discounts on our entire product range—up to 60% off own brand items.
- Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured), offering 24/7 guidance and support.
- Continuous training and development through our Learning Management System, including access to industry recognised qualifications.
About Us
Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect.
Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process.
Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today – it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again.
We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.
We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. It’s all about you.
If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; Where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.
You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.
We are a business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family-owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.
Ready to take the next step with us? Apply today.
