Shift Engineer

Location: Grimsby | Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off (Days / Nights) | Hours: 06:00 – 18:00 / 18:00 – 06:00

Are you a hands-on engineer with a passion for problem-solving and continuous improvement? Do you thrive in a fast-paced FMCG environment and want to be part of a team that values collaboration, innovation, and pride in their work?

This is your opportunity to make a real impact! We’re looking for a proactive and skilled Shift Engineer to join our operations team at our Grimsby site. You’ll be playing a crucial role in maintaining the performance of production equipment and ensuring smooth, safe, and efficient manufacturing processes.

What You’ll Be Doing (Key Responsibilities):

• Rapidly respond to breakdowns and carry out planned maintenance tasks.

• Investigate root causes of failures and develop effective action plans.

• Support continuous improvement and operational efficiency initiatives.

• Deliver training and support to production teams for minor maintenance.

• Collaborate across departments (Production, Technical, NPD, etc.).

• Promote a clean, safe, and efficient working environment.

• Drive performance by minimising downtime and ensuring optimum plant availability.

• Maintain accurate documentation for all maintenance and engineering tasks.

• Participate in maintenance projects, upgrades, and service improvements.

• Demonstrate efficient machine operation and support operator training.

What You’ll Need (Skills & Experience):

• Relevant Engineering qualifications – Electrical or Mechanical disciplines.

• FMCG industry experience is highly desirable.

• Confident with PLC fault finding and diagnostics.

• Familiar with HACCP and Health & Safety practices.

• Strong computer skills – Microsoft Office proficiency essential.

• Great communication skills and a team-oriented mindset.

• Self-motivated, hands-on, and solutions-focused.

• Ability to work at heights, in confined spaces, and varying temperatures.

• Flexibility to travel to other sites or suppliers if required.

In the UK, Hain is one of the UK’s leading food companies. We create food and drink products with natural goodness at their core. We’re the business behind a host of household brands – Hartley’s jams and jellies, Sun-Pat peanut butters, New Covent Garden Soup Co., Linda McCartney’s meat free food, and Yorkshire Provender to name a few. Nearly half of our business is private label – we create quality freshly prepared fruit and juices, desserts, soups, sweet spreads and meat free products for our retail partners.

Over our sites up and down the UK, we employ circa 1,200 people in roles within Production, Supply Chain, Product Development, Sales and Marketing, and through to our Finance, HR, IT and beyond. Each of our colleagues is vital to our continued success. That’s why we target the best talent, and help to develop them through the ranks.