At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain and improve production equipment in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Company: Join a well-established manufacturing business with a focus on engineering excellence.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, private healthcare, and ongoing training opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with excellent career growth and a commitment to safety.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on production reliability and efficiency while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Apprentice-trained Multi-Skilled Engineer with electrical bias and fault-finding experience.
The predicted salary is between 38250 - 46750 £ per year.
Salary: £55,000+ per annum, plus 10% night shift allowance
Working Hours: Average 37.5-40 hours per week on a rotating shift pattern:
- 06:00-14:00
- 08:00-16:00
- 14:00-22:00
- 22:00-06:00 (Sunday-Thursday nights)
On-call cover operates on a rotating basis, approximately one weekend in four.
Holiday: 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Benefits:
- Company pension with employer-matched contributions
- Private healthcare cash plan
- Employee discounts platform
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
The Opportunity: We are recruiting for an experienced Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer with a strong electrical bias to join a busy manufacturing site. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining production equipment, improving reliability, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring all engineering activities are completed safely and efficiently. This position would suit an apprentice-trained engineer with experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ideally within food, FMCG or another highly regulated industry.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across production equipment.
- Diagnose and rectify electrical and mechanical faults to minimise downtime.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records using the site's Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Support production teams to maximise equipment availability and efficiency.
- Review contractor risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) where required and issue permits to work.
- Ensure all maintenance activities comply with company safe systems of work, risk assessments and health & safety procedures.
- Complete dynamic risk assessments where necessary.
- Ensure maintenance documentation, operating manuals and technical information remain up to date and accessible.
- Maintain engineering workshops and plant areas to high housekeeping standards.
- Participate in continuous improvement projects to improve plant reliability, efficiency and performance.
- Support environmental initiatives aimed at reducing waste, energy usage and carbon footprint.
Key Objectives:
- Maintain an excellent health and safety record.
- Deliver preventative maintenance schedules on time.
- Reduce equipment downtime and increase plant reliability.
- Support production to achieve operational targets.
- Promote a strong food safety and quality culture.
- Contribute towards continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Achieve engineering KPIs relating to reliability, response times and maintenance completion.
Skills & Technical Experience:
Essential:
- Apprentice-trained Multi-Skilled Engineer with an electrical bias.
- Experience fault finding on PLC-controlled (Allen Bradley) machinery, HMIs and automated production equipment.
- Knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance techniques.
- Experience using CMMS maintenance systems.
- Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding ability.
- Excellent understanding of health and safety within a manufacturing environment.
Desirable:
- Experience managing contractors.
- Knowledge of SCADA or Distributed Control Systems (DCS).
- Instrument calibration experience.
- Experience within food manufacturing or another hygienic production environment.
- Experience of CHP, utilities or wastewater treatment plant equipment.
Qualifications:
Essential:
- Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship.
- Level 3 qualification (City & Guilds or NVQ) in Electrical, Mechanical or Multi-Skilled Engineering.
Desirable:
- HNC or HND in Engineering.
- 18th Edition Electrical Regulations.
- IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH qualification.
- CompEx certification.
What We're Looking For: The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Strong ownership and accountability.
- A proactive, hands-on approach to maintenance.
- Excellent fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
- Strong planning and organisational ability.
- A continuous improvement mindset.
- The ability to work independently while contributing positively within a team.
- A commitment to safe working practices and operational excellence.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established manufacturing business offering long-term stability, investment in engineering, and opportunities for professional development.
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