Shift Engineer

Hilton Foods; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great holiday allowance

Life assurance

Development opportunities

Share Save scheme

Free car parking on site

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity

Job summary

Hilton Foods is seeking a professional Shift Engineer for our Grimsby site. The role supports production with proactive maintenance, diagnosing faults, and implementing improvements.

You’ll work closely with other teams to maintain high machinery uptime and food safety standards in a fast-paced environment. We require an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, a multi-skilled background, and strong teamwork and communication.

Qualifications

• Time served craft apprenticeship or equivalent training to NVQ level 3.
• Demonstrated multi-skilled capability and hands-on engineering.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Flexible and proactive in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Health and Safety is a priority at all times.
• Report or rectify hazards to maintain food safety and quality.
• Maintain GMP standards and housekeeping at high levels.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns and handovers to production.
• Diagnose faults and implement corrective actions to maximise uptime.
• Collaborate with other functions to support production and maintenance.

Skills

Team player

Communication

Hands-on

Flexible

Education

NVQ Level 3

Job description

About Us

We are a company that takes pride in our people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do.

We have multi-category expertise with a focus on quality and innovation. We deliver what customers need and consumers want with expert taste and growth mindset.

Our business began with meat, and we've developed and extend a market-leading expertise within Seafood, with unmatched quality globally. We’re always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.

Role: Shift Engineer

Location: Laforey Road, Grimsby

Shift

• Week A:
  • Friday: 6-12 or 12-18
  • Saturday: 5.30-17.30
• Week B:
  • Sunday: 05.30-17.30
  • Monday-Friday: 14.00-22.00
• Week C:
  • Monday-Friday: 5-15

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a professional and experienced Shift Engineer to join our growing Engineering team. As a Shift Engineer you will be a highly competent team member providing a safe and efficient engineering service to support production, and to ensure that a proactive approach is adopted to maintaining good machinery and operating efficiencies within a timely manner. The new hire will work collaboratively with other functions, taking hands on approach, and providing support, where required, outside core functional responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• During all activities ensures that the Health and Safety of themselves and others remains priority.
• Correct or if unable to correct report any hazards which may lead to injury or food safety implications.
• Ensures all activities are following food safety legislation and good manufacturing practices.
• Ensure high standards of housekeeping are always maintained.
• Ensure fast and effective response to breakdowns and handovers to Production are appropriately communicated.
• Diagnosing faults and taking corrective action to ensure continuous service and identifying further improvements to increase equipment availability.
• Participate in a multi-skilled team within own capabilities and undertake in any training and development exercises to progress.
• Identify and share continuous improvement ideas that may contribute to Health & Safety and equipment uptime or maintenance cost improvements.
• Ensuring planned maintenance work is completed on time and further work required is communicated to the Engineering Supervisor or Manager.
• Flexibility to work across sites.
• Having a flexible approach to hours of work and working within the team to provide engineering cover to meet the needs of the business.
• Ensure that good food manufacturing practices are always maintained.

Required experience/expertise

• Time served craft apprenticeship or equivalent training to NVQ level 3
• Multi-skilled or work towards qualification
• Must be a team player.
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Excellent communications skills
• Can-do, hands-on approach to your work
• Flexible in work approach
• Be able to demonstrate a proven track record within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You Get In Return

• Great package with competitive holiday allowance
• Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary
• Opportunities for development and internal promotion
• Share Save scheme
• Free car parking on site
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity

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