Shift Engineer – Sudbury

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd; Sudbury; 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

We are seeking a Shift Engineer for a Sudbury site. You will perform preventative and planned maintenance on electrical and mechanical systems across high-speed production lines and automated machinery.

The role requires a multi-skilled, electrically biased engineer with City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical and an apprenticeship background. Knowledge of PLCs (Siemens/Allen-Bradley) and SCADA is essential; 17th/18th Edition is a plus.

Qualifications

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer, electrically biased.
• Experience working with high-speed production, packaging and automated machinery.
• City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical is a minimum requirement.
• Completed a time-served apprenticeship; minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing.
• Knowledge of PLCs (Siemens & Allen Bradley) and SCADA systems.
• 17th or 18th Edition Electrical is advantageous.
• Able to read P&ID, electrical and mechanical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative and planned maintenance, electrically and mechanically.
• Maintain high-speed production lines and packaging equipment.
• Service conveyors, motors, gearboxes, sensors, pumps and compressors.
• Perform electrical fault finding on PLCs (Siemens & Allen Bradley).
• Troubleshoot SCADA systems and electrical faults.
• Lead continuous improvement projects and install/modify machinery.
• Work with pipework, fabrication and mechanical fault finding.

Skills

Electrical bias

Multiskilled engineer

Team player

Continuous improvement

Education

City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical

Time-served apprenticeship

City & Guilds 2391 Electrical Test & Inspection

17th/18th Edition Electrical

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

SCADA systems

Job description

Shift Engineer

Sudbury £56,500 + Overtime

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 apprenticeshipMinimum 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

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Tenure: Permanent
Salary: £55000 – £56500 per annum + Benefits
Location: Sudbury, Suffolk