Electrical Shift Engineer – FMCG Automation & CI

Hunter Selection Limited; Sudbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Pension

Life Assurance

Shift Holidays 23

BUPA Healthcare Cashplan

Staff Benefits Card

Qualifications/Training

Car Tax Relief

Job summary

Hunter Selection Limited is seeking a shift engineer for a leading manufacturing site in the UK. The role focuses on electrically biased maintenance across high-speed production lines, packaging and automated machinery.

You will fault-find on PLC/SCADA systems (Siemens, Allen-Bradley) and drive improvements through new installations and modifications. A time-served apprenticeship and City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical are expected, with 5+ years’ manufacturing experience.

Qualifications

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer, electrically biased.
• City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical is a minimum requirement.
• Must have worked in high-speed production - food, FMCG manufacturing environments.
• Completed a time-served apprenticeship.
• Minimum 5 years' experience as an engineer in manufacturing.
• Beneficial to have City & Guilds 2391 Electrical Test & Inspection.
• PLC & SCADA Systems - electrical fault finding.
• Beneficial to have 17

Responsibilities

• Carry out both preventative and planned maintenance, both electrically & mechanically.
• Working on high-speed production, packaging and automated machinery.
• Dealing with conveyors, motors, gearboxes, sensors, electrical isolation, inverters, pneumatics, servo drives, control panels, pumps, compressors, steam & boiler systems.
• PLC - electrical fault finding on Siemens & Allen Bradley.
• SCADA Systems - electrical fault finding.
• Continuous improvement projects and new machinery installations and modification work.
• Be able to work mechanically on various pipework, fabrication & fault finding.

Skills

Multi-skilled engineer

Electrical bias

Team player

Continuous improvement

Education

City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical

Time-served apprenticeship

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen Bradley PLC

SCADA Systems

P&ID drawings

Job description

Hunter Selection Limited is seeking a shift engineer for a leading manufacturing site in the UK. The role focuses on electrically biased maintenance across high-speed production lines, packaging and automated machinery.

You will fault-find on PLC/SCADA systems (Siemens, Allen-Bradley) and drive improvements through new installations and modifications. A time-served apprenticeship and City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical are expected, with 5+ years’ manufacturing experience.