Shift Engineer

Premier Recruitment Group Limited; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Pharmaceutical sector is seeking a Shift Engineer to maintain machinery and equipment, minimizing downtime. The ideal candidate holds an HNC/NVQ Level 3 in Engineering and has experience in a related field. This full-time, permanent position offers a challenging and rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Pharmaceutical/FMCG environment or related field is essential.
• Highly organised with excellent time management skills.
• Ability to influence without direct supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning and general repairs, fault finding, and routine maintenance.
• Ensure daily checks and calibration tasks are completed thoroughly.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment post-maintenance.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Fault Finding

Time Management

Lean Techniques

Education

HNC / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Time served Apprentice

Tools

CMMS

Excel

Word

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Premier Recruitment Group is working in partnership with a well established and international organisation in Dartford to recruit an Shift Engineer to join their team. This is an exciting, full-time and permanent role.

• To assist with planning, and then carry out general repairs / fault finding, maintenance, routine and major of machinery and service equipment, in order that downtime is minimised and that adequate records and files for all works are maintained.
• To provide maintenance support inside and outside the manufacturing plant.
• Where required, produce and modify records, drawings and diagrams relative to Plant and associated areas, and all other areas that have been worked on.
• To ensure all daily checks and calibration tasks that are the responsibility of the Engineering Department are carried out on time, correctly and in line with SOPs.
• To ensure equipment changes are carried out in accordance with Quality Assurance programme and Change Control procedures.
• To ensure the Engineering workshop, and on / off plant storage areas, mixer bays, and any other areas worked in are left clean, safe and tidy after maintenance works have been carried out.
• To assist the Engineering Supervisor and where tasks delegated, the Plant Support Engineer(s) in the day to day control and management of contractors / sub-contractors.
• To carry out duties in line with the Company's Quality Assurance Policy, SOPs and within strict cGMP guidelines, ensuring current engineering practices are reflected in the relevant SOP.
• To ensure your own safety and that of others at all times during all Maintenance and Engineering operations.
• To ensure that all work carried out is to best practice guidelines
• To ensure that all equipment prior to maintenance is isolated safely / securely, and following maintenance / other work is handed back in a state of safe working order.

Skills:

• Associated City & Guilds / ONC / HNC / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Time served Apprentice
• Several years' experience within a Pharmaceutical/FMCG environment or at a minimum, a closely related industry
• Highly organised with good time management skills
• Ability to influence without direct management responsibility
• Able to build business relationships internally and externally
• Excel/Word/Outlook/Teams
• Use of CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
• Fault Finding on machinery
• Lean/Quick Kaizens
• Completion of Planned Maintenance electronically and via paperwork

If you think you have the right skills, knowledge and abilities for this position and would like to be considered, please apply or contact directly Tom Kurczab at Premier Recruitment Group.