Shift Engineer

THG Ingenuity; Manchester; On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Access to on-site gym

50% staff discount on THG brands

Subsidised bus pass

Job summary

A leading digital commerce ecosystem provider in Manchester seeks a shift engineer to maintain and improve plant operations. The role involves technical support for maintenance, proactive fault prevention, and development of maintenance programs. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of hands-on electrical engineering experience in a FMCG setting, as well as relevant qualifications. Benefits include enhanced leave and wellbeing support, amongst other perks.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years hands-on electrical engineering in FMCG.
• Desirable 17th/18th edition qualification.
• Results-focused with a penchant for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for maintenance across the plant.
• Conduct proactive fault prevention and continuous improvement activities.
• Develop the Plant PPM program using RCA skills.

Skills

Electrical engineering experience

PLC servo drive diagnostics

Knowledge of electrical/electronic/mechanical controls

Continuous improvement mindset

Health and safety awareness

Education

ONC or equivalent qualifications

Job description

About THG Ingenuity

THG Ingenuity is a fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, designed to power brands without limits. Our global end-to-end tech platform is comprised of three products: THG Commerce, THG Studios, THG Fulfilment. Each represents a single, unified solution, overcoming challenges and taking brands direct-to-consumer. Our client portfolio includes globally recognised brands such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Elemis, Homebase, and Proctor & Gamble.

About The Role

Your objective, through modern maintenance systems, will be to maintain business as usual for the plant operations, to continuously improve the availability/reliability of the equipment and to ensure we dispatch quality products safely.

The shift engineer will provide a technical support resource to the Fulfilment operation, delivering optimum asset reliability and performance through an effective asset maintenance and Continuous Improvement approach.

You will have a good understanding of modern maintenance techniques as well as good working operational knowledge of a Fulfilment site. You should also be capable of ensuring a quick and effective reaction to daily business needs as they are presented.

Responsibilities

• Technical support resource for maintenance across plant to ensure a safe, timely and effective close out of live plant issues.
• Proactive fault prevention and continuous improvement activities to deliver key maintenance KPIs
• Work on and assist with developing the Plant PPM program, while using your RCA skills in response to Reactive tasks, to move the department towards a predictive Maintenance culture.
• Complete root cause analysis reports on major engineering stoppages across site.
• Support the close out of health and safety, Quality and CI actions lists.
• Reliability focused using modern techniques such as TPM, RCA, RCM and FMEA.
• Coaching and supporting operators to develop their skills on assets across site.
• Provide support for project activity and change initiatives as appropriate.
• Ensure that operation and maintenance complies with design specifications and contractual arrangements.
• Maintain accurate records of tasks completed / in progress using the departments CMMS system.
• Work in a methodical fashion to maintain Food safety standards and traceability of engineering activities.
• Work closely with departments to identify and drive Continuous Improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years hands on electrical engineering experience in a FMCG process environment
• ONC / equivalent qualifications, Electrically biased with Mechanical skills
• 17th / 18th edition desirable
• Experience of PLC servo drive diagnostic techniques.
• Good Knowledge of electrical/electronic/mechanical and pneumatic controls
• Positive approach to plant reliability and continuous improvement activities
• High Level of H+S Awareness
• Results focused, you will continually strive for improvements both in the process and personally

Benefits

Enhanced Leave

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
• Access our in-house CBT therapist.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• State-of-the-art on-site gym.
• Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• On-site staff shop.
• Access to on-site barber.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

DEI and Interview Note

THG Ingenuity is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG Ingenuity is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, we endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven’t heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG Ingenuity please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.