Shift Engineer (Electrical Bias / Multiskilled)

We are looking for experienced Shift Engineers with a strong Electrical bias to join our Engineering team at the 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.

Shift Details

£23.33 per hour plus shift allowance of £2.35 per hour, 42.9 hours per week, 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off shift pattern (12 hour shifts on rotation). Shift times:

• 05:45
• 06:00

Paid monthly on the last Friday of each month.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain safe, compliant and effective engineering operations that continuously develop the site’s asset base by following the Engineering strategy for proactive work whilst responding to breakdowns.
• 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.
• Assess 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.
• Ensure a safe environment by conducting all servicing and maintenance activities with minimal risk to employees, products and equipment – champion safety.
• Use root cause analysis on breakdowns to identify actions and drive completion of actions to prevent reoccurrence.
• 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.
• Experience in the use and operation of CMMS (Shire).
• Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point).
• 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.
• Free parking.
• Free electric car charging.
• Spotify or Netflix subscription.
• Hertility.
• Discounted products & free hot drinks.
• Medicash Plan.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

All employment is decided on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications.

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.

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