Shift Engineer

Unilever Brazil; Port Sunlight; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consumer goods company is looking for a Shift Engineer at its Port Sunlight Factory. The role involves sustaining line performance through preventative maintenance, managing machine breakdowns, and ensuring quality standards. Candidates should have a background in engineering, preferably with an NVQ level 3, and a multi-skilled background in mechanical, electrical, and software fields. This position offers competitive benefits within a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Subsidized gym membership

Discounted staff shop

Shares

Qualifications

• Committed to maintaining high safety and environmental standards.
• Able to drive continuous improvement and efficiency within the team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in preventative maintenance planning and inspections.
• Manage equipment setup to meet product quality targets.
• Complete improvement activities to enhance efficiency.

Skills

Time served apprentice

Multi-skilled background (mechanical, electrical and software)

Understanding of 5S

Lean manufacturing knowledge

Continuous improvement plans

Education

NVQ level 3 in engineering

Job description

Job Title: Shift Engineer

Location: Port Sunlight Factory

JOB PURPOSE

Sustain line performance through: owning preventative maintenance standards and completion; managing tagging by encouraging all to raise them and then prioritisation and completion through the engineering team; reducing short‑term losses through quick resolution of machine breakdowns; and driving a zero loss mindset through EWO initiation and completion.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively participate in the preventative maintenance planning for the area, ensuring that all work is risk‑assessed, appropriate resources are available and utilised, and the tasks can occur without conflicting requirements.
• Take part in regular inspections/audits for good housekeeping/5S and machine safety and ensure agreed action are completed.
• Set up equipment to manufacture products in accordance with quality procedures and standards to achieve the product quality targets at minimal waste levels (incl. change‑overs).
• Take immediate actions (adjustment) to rectify issues that have a negative impact on quality.
• Complete improvement activities prioritised by the Focused Technician to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Support the AM activities (eg tagging, lubricating, deep cleaning, generating OPLs, cell meetings, step audits, board updating, elimination of contamination sources and elimination of hard‑to‑access areas).
• Be proactive in the cell/team meetings and bring relevant issues for discussion and provide suggestions for improvement.
• Perform 5S audit according to the defined schedule and implement the improvement actions.
• Complete EWOs using Quick Kaizen Tools and Techniques within 1 week of breakdown. Transfer to FT to complete if more advanced Kaizen tools are required.
• Look to reduce frequency and time of PM schedules through improvements or loss reduction.
• Ensure good quality information on breakdown reports and EWOs are raised as required.
• Pro‑actively support WCM pillar activities providing feedback and promoting application on the site.
• Actively participate in relevant line changes using appropriate project management tools to ensure efficient and successful project management.
• Safety - Utilise all appropriate safety and environmental procedures for people, processes, materials, products and equipment to ensure a safe working environment for the whole team.
• Work Place Hazards – Full knowledge of the workplace and hazards within it. Utilise appropriate safety and environmental procedures for people, processes, materials, products and equipment relevant to the task.
• Environment - Reduce costs due to waste and minimise impact to health, safety and the environment through working to eliminate waste and through the correct management of waste and hazardous materials.
• Quality - Ensure that all aspects of quality within the area of responsibility are in accordance with local quality procedures to protect and promote the brand and product.
• Leadership - Promote the development of a highly effective team through strong communication, leading by example whilst keeping focused on goals and targets. Great teams and great leaders will achieve superior performance.
• Continuous Improvement - Use performance measures to identify and prioritise losses in production area. Apply rigorous Cost Deployment and the Zero loss concept to eliminate losses.
• WCM - Knowledge and understanding of the key principles of WCM and the impact this has on the key performance indicators in the production area (PQSCDMI); must understand the critical inter‑relation between WCM and TPM.
• Problem Solving - Has the ability to identify, prioritise and address problems using appropriate tools and techniques that eliminate recurrence.
• Decision Making - Makes and implements technical decisions which can impact the plan for the week.
• Project Management – Achieve the desired outcomes of the project in line with agreed plans using appropriate project management tools and techniques to ensure the efficient use of technical, financial and human resources.
• Business Awareness - Understanding of the need to meet changing demands and the role of marketing and product innovation in growing the business and increasing the company's
• 5S – Fully operational

ALL ABOUT YOU

Skills / Experience / Qualifications

Essential:

• Time served apprentice
• NVQ level 3 in engineering
• Multi‑skilled background (mechanical, electrical and software)
• Understanding of 5S, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement plans

Desirable:

• FMCG background
• Experience working with liquids
• Competencies: Accountability & Responsibility
• Growth Mindset
• Consumer and Customer Focus
• Bias for Action
• Building Talent & Teams

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full‑time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family‑friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We want to push boundaries, and have the flexibility needed to keep adapting in an ever‑changing, more dynamic world. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

As part of your hiring journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments, to improve your recruitment experience.

To find out more, including more information about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here.

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