Shift Engineer (Multiskilled / Electrical Bias)
Location: Kinmel Bay, UK
Operations team
Hourly salary: £25.68
Permanent
Full-time
The Role
We are looking for experienced Shift Engineers with a strong Electrical bias to join our Engineering team, based at our Kinmel site. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy hands‑on fault finding, preventative maintenance, and driving equipment reliability within a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.
On Offer
- £23.33 per hour plus shift allowance - £2.35 per hour
- 42.9 hours per week, 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off shift pattern (12 hour shifts on rotation)
- Paid monthly last Friday of each month
Key Responsibilities
- Perform planned preventative and predictive maintenance across a range of mechanical equipment and complete breakdown repairs in a timely manner to minimise downtime
- Carry out mechanical fault finding, repair and continuous improvement activities across production and site machinery
- Support installation, commissioning and modification of mechanical systems and equipment
- Assessing the need for spares by ensuring that the critical spares and spares list is up to date and stock is at the required levels
- Escalate any issues in a timely manner to the Engineering Manager
- Ensuring a safe environment by conducting all servicing and maintenance activities with minimal risk to employees, products and equipment. Champion safety
- Using root cause analysis on breakdowns to identify actions and drive completion of actions to prevent re‑occurrence
- Support the energy reduction and sustainability agenda to reduce environmental impacts across the site by ensuring all actions are completed
- Participate in daily and weekly review sessions to drive improvement throughout the site
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- Qualified or time served in Electrical Engineering disciplines
- Mechanical knowledge or multi‑skilled experience would be advantageous
- Strong Electrical fault finding and maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment
- Experienced in the use and operation of CMMS (Shire)
- Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- NEBOSH with a sound knowledge of behavioural safety at a site level - desirable
- Legionella and HACCP awareness - desirable
- Experience in FMCG - desirable
Benefits
- Overtime
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/pawturnity
- Pension: NEST Employee contributions 4.5% / Employer contribution 3.5% - salary sacrifice
- Other Benefits: Free parking, free electric car charging, Spotify or Netflix subscription, Hertility, discounted products & free hot drinks.
- You are also able to choose non‑contractual flexible benefits, such as being able to purchase heavily discounted pet food.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is committed to building an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the colleagues and communities we serve. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We make hiring decisions based on talent, potential and the experience you bring.
We are also committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, ensuring equitable access and opportunity for all. If you need any adjustments or support to take part in our recruitment process, please let us know by emailing recruitment@inspiredpetnutrition.com.
