Shift Engineer

Hunter Selection Ltd; Sudbury CP; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Pension

Life Assurance

23 Shift Holidays

BUPA Healthcare Cashplan

Staff Benefits Card

Qualifications/Training

Car Tax Relief

Job summary

Hunter Selection Ltd. is seeking an electrically biased, multi-skilled Shift Engineer for a high-speed manufacturing site in the UK. The role covers electrical and mechanical maintenance, with responsibility for conveyors, motors, PLCs and SCADA systems on a 12-hour Panama shift (6-6).

The ideal candidate has a time-served apprenticeship, City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical and at least 5 years in food/FMCG manufacturing, plus strong problem-solving and team collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer with an electrical bias.
• City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical is required.
• Completed a time-served apprenticeship and has 5+ years in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative and planned maintenance on electrical and mechanical systems.
• Work on high-speed production lines, packaging and automated machinery.
• Deal with conveyors, motors, gearboxes, sensors and control panels.
• Perform PLC fault finding on Siemens & Allen Bradley.
• Work with SCADA systems to troubleshoot electrical faults.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and new machinery installations.

Skills

Electrical bias

Multi-skilled

PLC fault finding

SCADA systems

Mechanical skills

Reading drawings

Education

City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical

Time-served apprenticeship

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen Bradley PLC

P&ID reading

Job description

Salary: GBP55000 - GBP56500 per annum + Benefits

12hr Panama Days & Nights Shift (6-6)

Would you like to join a leading manufacturing business, part of a multi-million-pound group, that values itself on staff investment, training & development.

This site has a great culture, with brilliant staff retentions numbers, they are looking for an electrically biased maintenance engineer.

Benefits:

• Private Pension
• Life Assurance
• 23 Shift Holidays
• BUPA Healthcare Cashplan
• Staff Benefits Card
• Qualifications/Training
• Car Tax Relief

Role & Responsibilities of a Shift Engineer:

• Carry out both preventative and planned maintenance, both electrically & mechanically
• Working on high-speed production, packaging and automated machinery
• Dealing with conveyors, motors, gearboxes, sensors, electrical isolation, inverters, pneumatics, servo drives, control panels, pumps, compressors, steam & boiler systems
• PLC – electrical fault finding on Siemens & Allen Bradley
• SCADA Systems – electrical fault finding
• Continuous improvement projects and new machinery installations and modification work
• Be able to work mechanically on various pipework, fabrication & fault finding

Knowledge, Skills & Experience need to be a Shift Engineer:

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer, electrically biased
• City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical is a minimum requirement
• Must have worked in high-speed production – food, FMCG manufacturing environments
• Completed a time-served apprenticeship
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as an engineer in manufacturing
• Beneficial to have City & Guilds 2391 Electrical Test & Inspection
• PLC & SCADA Systems – electrical fault finding
• Beneficial to have 17 th or 18 th Edition Electrical
• Strong team player with a continuous improvement approach
• A good level of mechanical skills – dealing with pipework, gearboxes, drives, pumps, etc
• Able to follow P&ID, electrical & mechanical drawings

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