Night Shift Engineer

Hunter Selection; King's Lynn and West Norfolk; On-site; GBP 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy is seeking a Night Shift Engineer (Electrical Biased) for a permanent position in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The candidate must have electrical qualifications and at least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment. This role offers a salary of £53,500 plus overtime and includes benefits like a private pension and 25 days of holiday. The working hours are Monday to Friday from 10pm to 6am.

Benefits

Private Pension (9%) + Life Assurance X4

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

24/7 EAP, Health Assessments, Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• Must have at least 5 years experience outside of apprenticeship.
• Ideally have completed a formal apprenticeship scheme.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain all reactive and scheduled maintenance on production machinery.
• Work with shift engineers for breakdowns on production lines.
• Installation and commissioning of new machinery.

Skills

Electrical fault finding skills

Experience working with hydraulics

Computer literate - able to use SAP systems

Flexible approach to working hours

Education

Electrical qualifications

NVQ or City Guilds qualified to level 3 or higher

Qualified to HNC electrical engineering

Job description

Overview

Night Shift Engineer (Electrical Biased) – Suffolk/Norfolk (IP21). Commutable from Thetford, Eye, Diss, Norwich, Bungay, Beccles, Stowmarket, Long Stratton.

£53,500 + Overtime

Monday-Friday Perm Nights 10pm-6am (Early Finish Fridays)

Benefits

• Private Pension (9%) + Life Assurance X4
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• 24/7 EAP, Health Assessments, Wellbeing Support

Role & Responsibilities

• Maintain all reactive and scheduled maintenance on production machinery
• Work alongside and be supported by shift engineers for breakdowns on production lines
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding and repairs
• Dealing with high-speed production, processing & packaging machinery
• PLC's, automation, control systems, VSD's, AC Drives
• Electrical safety, LOTO, isolation
• Installation & commissioning of new machinery

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Looking for a multi-skilled engineer - electrically biased
• Must have electrical qualifications
• At least 5 years experience outside of apprenticeship
• Ideally have completed a formal apprenticeship scheme
• NVQ or City Guilds qualified to level 3 or higher
• Must have worked in some form of manufacturing environment
• Have a flexible approach to working hours, cover extra hours & shutdowns as overtime
• Computer literate - able to use SAP systems
• Experience of working with hydraulics, pneumatics, VSD's, power transmission drive systems
• PLC - electrical fault finding skills
• Steam systems experience would be beneficial
• Must be very health & safety focussed
• Ideally qualified to HNC electrical engineering

To apply please email your CV / resume to [ ] - Chris Gumm - (phone number removed)

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business