Electro-Mechanical Shift Engineer (12h Days/Nights)

Hunter Selection | B Corp™; Sudbury; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Pension

Life Assurance

23 Shift Holidays

BUPA Healthcare Cashplan

Staff Benefits Card

Qualifications/Training

Car Tax Relief

Job summary

Hunter Selection | B Corp™ is seeking a Shift Engineer in Sudbury to maintain high-speed production and automated machinery. The role covers electrical and mechanical maintenance, fault finding on Siemens & Allen-Bradley PLCs, and SCADA systems.

You’ll drive continuous improvement and adapt with new machinery installations. The ideal candidate has a City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical and a completed time-served apprenticeship, with at least five years in manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer with electrical bias.
• City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical is the minimum requirement.
• Experience in high-speed FMCG/manufacturing environments is essential.
• Completed a time-served apprenticeship is required.
• Minimum 5 years' experience as an engineer in manufacturing.
• Preferred to have 2391 Electrical Test & Inspection (beneficial).
• PLC & SCADA fault-finding experience required.
• 17th/18th Edition Electrical knowledge is advantageous.
• Strong teamwork and continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to interpret P&ID and electrical/mechanical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative and planned maintenance on electrical and mechanical systems.
• Maintain high-speed production lines, packaging, and automated machinery.
• Handle conveyors, motors, gearboxes, sensors, electrical isolation, inverters, pneumatics, servo drives, control panels, pumps and pumps.
• Perform PLC fault finding on Siemens & Allen Bradley systems.
• Troubleshoot SCADA electrical faults.
• Lead continuous improvement projects and install/modify machinery.
• Work mechanically on pipework, fabrication, and fault finding.

Skills

Multiskilled engineer

Electrical bias

Team player

Fault finding

P&ID reading

Mechanical skills

Education

City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical

Time-served apprenticeship

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

SCADA systems

Job description

Hunter Selection | B Corp™ is seeking a Shift Engineer in Sudbury to maintain high-speed production and automated machinery. The role covers electrical and mechanical maintenance, fault finding on Siemens & Allen-Bradley PLCs, and SCADA systems.

You’ll drive continuous improvement and adapt with new machinery installations. The ideal candidate has a City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical and a completed time-served apprenticeship, with at least five years in manufacturing.