Multi Skilled Shift Engineer in Newmarket, Suffolk

Here at DS Smith we're looking for a Multi Skilled Shift Engineer with factory experience to join our team and play a vital role in the ongoing development and maintenance of our site. You will have experience of delivering excellent service within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. In this role you will be responsible for conducting preventative and reactive asset maintenance, focusing on the safety and reliability of our equipment to ensure they meet production demands.

You will use your experience to restore equipment during unplanned breakdowns as well as provide technical feedback on the assets to production and engineering stakeholders. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working closely with the management team to develop risk assessment, adhere to safe systems of work processes and deliver objective and performance targets.

Working Hours: 12 hour shifts, 4 on 4 off (x2 Days / x2 Nights) x 7 rotations before 18 days off. Due to the nature of the shift pattern there are no additional bookable holidays.

Role Responsibilities:

• Efficiently and effectively fault find and resolve technical / process issues
• Resolve breakdown issues with minimal impact to production
• Complete all maintenance activities on time as planned
• Provide technical support for capital projects and improvement activity
• Effectively communicate within and across departments using escalation procedures to manage issues and priorities
• To comply with company purchasing procedures
• Comply with stores procedures
• To maintain a clean and tidy work area at all times
• Be a proactive team member
• To look to improve technical skills and knowledge for self and team

What we would like to see:

• Fully qualified electrically biased maintenance technician, accredited to a minimum of NVQ Level 3 or BTEC
• You can demonstrate effective fault diagnostic and have excellent problem solving skills
• Experience in autonomous maintenance practices, with a demonstrable background within a maintenance environment and within a factory is essential.
• You will have worked in a fast paced, multi shift environment previously
• A focus on Health and Safety in the workplace
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft tools, in particular Excel

Benefits:

• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Annual Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Shopping Discounts

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time.

Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us! To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. 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.