Shift Engineer - FMCG Plant Reliability & Maintenance

Evoke Staffing Ltd; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Evoke Staffing Ltd is recruiting a Shift Engineer for our engineering team at a fast-paced food manufacturing site in Tamworth. The role focuses on proactive maintenance, fault finding and equipment improvements to maximise uptime and ensure safe, reliable production.

You will carry out planned and corrective maintenance, use CMMS for records, support continuous improvement, and work closely with production and other site teams. Shift work is 4 on 4 off, with a competitive annual salary.

Qualifications

• Must have engineering qualifications or equivalent practical experience (apprenticeship + HND level or equivalent).
• Significant experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong mechanical and/or electrical engineering knowledge.
• Proven fault-finding and problem-solving ability.
• Experience of planned and reactive maintenance.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Good computer literacy and experience with maintenance or CMMS systems.
• Ability to remain calm and effective in a fast-paced production environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritise competing tasks and respond to production needs.
• Commitment to health & safety and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and corrective maintenance on plant, machinery and site services.
• Diagnose faults efficiently and implement effective technical solutions to minimise production downtime.
• Ensure all maintenance work is accurately recorded within the CMMS.
• Complete shift handovers and clearly communicate outstanding issues to incoming teams.
• Ensure machinery and services are fully operational and ready for production after maintenance.
• Respond promptly to engineering requests and support Production teams.
• Record and report engineering downtime accurately.
• Identify spare parts needs and upcoming maintenance requirements.
• Perform site checks (boiler, effluent plant, etc.) and maintain housekeeping.
• Support other engineers and operational teams with first-line maintenance and guidance.
• Ensure work complies with health & safety procedures and permits.
• Identify engineering improvements to boost reliability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Support CI, lean manufacturing and best-practice initiatives.
• Participate in machine servicing inspections and reviews.
• Assist in training other engineers as required.
• Take ownership of engineering improvement projects and report progress.

Skills

Fault finding

Preventive maintenance

Maintenance planning

Problem solving

Technical troubleshooting

CMMS familiarity

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Apprenticeship + HND level or equivalent

Engineering qualifications

Tools

CMMS / maintenance systems

Job description

Evoke Staffing Ltd is recruiting a Shift Engineer for our engineering team at a fast-paced food manufacturing site in Tamworth. The role focuses on proactive maintenance, fault finding and equipment improvements to maximise uptime and ensure safe, reliable production.

You will carry out planned and corrective maintenance, use CMMS for records, support continuous improvement, and work closely with production and other site teams. Shift work is 4 on 4 off, with a competitive annual salary.