Shift Engineer

Hunter Selection | B Corp™; Sudbury CP; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; 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 | B Corp™ is recruiting an electrically biased Shift Engineer for a leading UK manufacturing group. You will maintain high-speed production lines and automated equipment, performing both electrical and mechanical maintenance.

The ideal candidate holds City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical, has a time-served apprenticeship, and 5+ years in FMCG manufacturing. Strong PLC/SCADA fault-finding, teamwork, and continuous improvement mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer with electrical bias.
• Experience in high-speed FMCG manufacturing environments.
• Completed a time-served apprenticeship; City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative and planned maintenance, both electrically & mechanically.
• Work on high-speed production, packaging and automated machinery.
• Deal with conveyors, motors, gearboxes, sensors, electrical isolation, inverters, pneumatics, servo drives and control panels.
• PLC & SCADA electrical fault finding.
• Support continuous improvement projects and new machinery installations/modifications.
• Follow P&ID, electrical & mechanical drawings; perform mechanical tasks as needed.

Skills

Multi-skilled

Electrical bias

PLC fault finding

SCADA fault finding

High-speed manufacturing

Team player

Mechanical skills

Education

City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical

Time-served apprenticeship

2391 Electrical Test & Inspection

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen Bradley PLC

SCADA systems

Job description

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 17th or 18th 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