Electrical Shift Engineer — PLC & Automated Maintenance

Danone

Kettering

On-site

GBP 36,000 - 48,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Shift allowance
Company pension scheme
Private healthcare
Income protection benefits
Ongoing technical training
Career progression opportunities
Access to advanced automation tech
Safety-focused engineering team

Job summary

Alpro in Kettering is seeking an experienced Electrical Bias Shift Engineer to join our Maintenance & Engineering team. You will maintain and improve world-class production equipment on a 24/7 operation, driving reliability, safety and continuous improvement across the site.

The role requires time-served experience, formal engineering qualifications, and strong PLC/electrical fault-finding skills. You will work in a fast-paced FMCG environment and utilise SAP for maintenance records.

Qualifications

  • Time-served maintenance engineer with electrical bias.
  • NVQ Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification.
  • Experience with PLCs, motors, drives, sensors and distribution systems.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Fault finding
Teamwork
Problem solving
IT literacy

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds or equivalent

Tools

SAP
Siemens PLC
Allen Bradley PLC

Job description

Alpro in Kettering is seeking an experienced Electrical Bias Shift Engineer to join our Maintenance & Engineering team. You will maintain and improve world-class production equipment on a 24/7 operation, driving reliability, safety and continuous improvement across the site.

The role requires time-served experience, formal engineering qualifications, and strong PLC/electrical fault-finding skills. You will work in a fast-paced FMCG environment and utilise SAP for maintenance records.

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