Shift Engineering Technician in Cookstown

We are seeking 2 skilled and motivated Shift Engineering Technicians to join our Site Engineering team. You will be an integral part of a team dedicated to providing best in class engineering support to the manufacturing operation. Your role is to optimise production performance, quality and minimise plant downtime through effective preventative maintenance, fault diagnosis and repairs. The working pattern associated with this role is 3 on 3 off rotating 12 hour shifts. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who thrives in a hands-on environment and is passionate about delivering high-quality engineering.

The Role:

• Adherence to site health and safety policies.
• Provide engineering support (breakdown repair, corrective, preventative and improvement work) to the manufacturing equipment.
• Completion of daily maintenance tasks including preventative, reactive and corrective work to support the site manufacturing operation, delivering optimum plant availability and reliability.
• Must have the ability to diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, and electronic equipment issues promptly to avoid production delays.
• Responsible for ensuring the quality of work carried out is maintained at the highest possible standard and compliant with site quality requirements.
• Attend daily meetings both within the engineering function and plant operations when required to provide maintenance updates.
• Liaise with Contractors during planned service maintenance and reactive maintenance.
• Ensure that all maintenance activities are recorded on the CMMS.
• Lead and support improvement initiatives.
• Work as part of an inter-dependent team with flexibility to take on all other reasonable tasks.
• Ensure all tools and equipment are kept in good condition.

The Person:

Essential Criteria:

• Time served apprenticeship (electrical/mechanical) with a recognised UK qualification.
• A minimum of 3 years engineering experience (mechanical or electrical) in a fast moving manufacturing environment.
• Highly motivated with the ability to perform in a highly challenging, expanding environment.
• Confident individual with excellent communication skills with the ability and skill set to develop and support the team.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a methodical & analytical approach to work.
• Must have strong analytical skills to interrogate data to identify, implement and monitor energy saving initiatives.
• A high degree of IT literacy to include Microsoft Office and CMMS.
• Must have the ability to monitor, interrogate and analyse production/engineering SCADA systems.
• Must have the ability to follow electrical schematics, P&IDs, pneumatics, mechanical component drawings, as built and as installed drawings.
• Ability to read and understand electrical drawings.
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail when carrying out tasks.
• A flexible approach.

Desirable Criteria:

• Competent in the installation and fault finding on electrical instrumentation equipment e.g. controllers, probes, sensors etc.
• Experience of working in the food Industry.
• PLC experience.
• CIP knowledge.

The closing date for applications is 5.00pm on Monday 3rd August 2026. We are an Equal Opportunities employer.