Maintenance Engineer

Hunter Selection; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer seeks an electrically biased Shift Engineer to join their Stockport team. The engineer will be responsible for maintaining high-speed production and packaging machinery across 12-hour shifts, ensuring reliability and efficiency, while also promoting a collaborative team environment. With benefits like a pension match and attractive holiday allowances, this role offers a dynamic work atmosphere in a fast-paced industry.

Benefits

Up to 10% Match Pension + Life Assurance X4

24 Days Holiday

Discounts At Most Retailers

Medihealth Scheme

Qualifications

• Must be an electrically biased engineer.
• 5+ years experience in maintenance.
• Knowledge of food safety / hygiene beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance of all machinery.
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding and problem solving.
• Management of stores and ordering of parts when needed.

Skills

Electrical & mechanical problem solving

PLC’s

Automation & control systems

Education

NVQ Level 3 electrical engineering

Time-served apprenticeship

Job description

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Maintenance Engineer

Shift Engineer (Electrical Biased)

Stockport

12hr Shifts – Days & Nights – 4 Week Rota (4th Week off!!)

• Up to 10% Match Pension + Life Assurance X4
• 24 Days Holiday
• Discounts At Most Retailers, Qualifications, Medihealth Scheme

Our client is a leading food manufacturer, that values hard work, teamwork and developing people. They are part of a global group with multiple sites in the UK and are looking for an electrically biased shift engineer to join the team

Role & Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance of all high-speed production & packaging machinery
• Worked on control panels, HMi’s, PLC’s, SCADA Systems
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding, problem solving and repairs
• Dealing with motors, servo drives, contactors, pneumatics, gearboxes, bearings, shafts, inverters
• Management of stores, ordering of spares & parts when needed
• Upkeep and alteration of electrical & mechanical drawings

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Must be an electrically biased engineer
• NVQ Level 3 electrical engineering or maintenance minimum
• Must have completed a time-served-apprenticeship, with 5+ years experience outside of it
• Strong electrical & mechanical problem solving skills
• Have worked in some form of fast-paced manufacturing industry – food, FMCG, packaging etc.
• Knowledge of PLC’s, automation & control systems, HMi’s
• Must have 17th or 18th Edition Electrical
• Able to read and follow electrical schematic drawings
• Knowledge of food safety / hygiene beneficial
• Willingness to help in all areas of the team
• Worked on motors, inverters, VSD’s, sensors, switches, pneumatics, gearboxes