Electrical Bias Shift Engineer — 24/7 Automation Expert

Danone

Kettering

On-site

GBP 52,000 - 58,000

Full time

14 days+

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Pension
Private healthcare
Income protection
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Job summary

Alpro, part of Danone, is hiring an Electrical Bias Shift Engineer for their Kettering site. The role involves maintaining and improving automation, ensuring equipment reliability and supporting continuous improvement within a fast-paced, highly automated manufacturing environment.

The position offers a Panama shift pattern on a 24/7 operation, with day and night shifts. Essential qualifications include time-served maintenance engineering, NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds, and strong PLC experience.

Qualifications

  • Qualified maintenance engineer with electrical fault-finding experience in industrial settings.
  • Experience working on PLC-controlled production equipment.
  • Strong diagnostic and analytical problem-solving skills.
  • Good IT literacy including maintenance management systems.

Responsibilities

  • Carry out planned preventive maintenance across site equipment.
  • Respond to breakdowns and restore production safely and efficiently.
  • Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults on equipment.
  • Fault-find on PLC-controlled lines, drives, motors and sensors.
  • Support continuous improvement projects and root cause analysis.

Skills

Maintenance engineer
Electrical fault-finding
PLC controls
IT literacy

Education

NVQ Level 3
City & Guilds

Tools

Siemens PLC
Allen-Bradley PLC

Job description

Alpro, part of Danone, is hiring an Electrical Bias Shift Engineer for their Kettering site. The role involves maintaining and improving automation, ensuring equipment reliability and supporting continuous improvement within a fast-paced, highly automated manufacturing environment.

The position offers a Panama shift pattern on a 24/7 operation, with day and night shifts. Essential qualifications include time-served maintenance engineering, NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds, and strong PLC experience.

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