Shift technician (Disley)

Northwood; Stockport; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood, a leading manufacturer of paper hygiene products, seeks a skilled Shift Technician with an electrical bias at their Disley mill. This hands-on role involves providing technical support, performing maintenance, and ensuring equipment reliability while adhering to safety standards. Join a progressive company known for quality and service excellence, working in an inclusive and diverse environment.

Benefits

Company pension

Life assurance

Free company products

On-site parking

Discounts on retail, holidays, cinemas, gyms

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Program

OnDemand GP

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience maintaining complex automated manufacturing equipment.
• Experience with AC & DC variable speed drives and PLC logic for fault finding.
• Broad instrumentation experience required.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical support to develop equipment and technology at the mill.
• Carrying out troubleshooting and repairs on machinery.
• Ensuring compliance with environmental and safety rules in maintenance activities.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Repairs

Condition Monitoring

Education

HNC in Electrical Engineering

Job description

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Do you want to work for a progressive company with a good history that produces a quality product that our customers want and need?

We currently have a vacancy for a shift technician with an electrical bias to join our engineering team at our Paper making mill at Disley.

This is a hands-on role where you will provide the mill with your skills and expertise with technical support in order to develop our equipment, technology and site standards to help maximise the mills asset capability.

To provide the mill with technical support in order to develop the equipment, technology and site standards to maintain product consistency, equipment reliability and maximize mill asset capability, in compliance with group policies.

To support the facility by:

• providing necessary Electrical / Mechanical engineering support to a continuous operation as needed.
• Implement maintenance procedures as required,
• Trouble shoot and repair equipment problems.
• Implementation of condition-based maintenance program.

Main duties will include the following:

Electrical activities

• Carry out troubleshooting and repairs on machinery and equipment.
• Screening and actioning of work requests where required.
• Timely completion of Work Orders (WOs) and Maintenance Requests (MRs).

Reliability activities

• Ensure planning, scheduling, and execution of agreed PMs.

Electrically based facilities activities

• Carry out electrically based facility tasks where possible or supervise internal/external resources.

Safety, environmental and quality responsibilities

• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with environmental and safety rules, and group procedures.
• Ensure all tasks have a risk assessment or dynamic risk assessment.
• Follow PTW and LOTO systems diligently.

Electrical attributes

• Recognised Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience maintaining complex automated manufacturing equipment.
• Experience in small to medium improvement projects.
• Broad instrumentation experience.
• Experience with AC & DC variable speed drives.
• Ability to interrogate PLC logic for fault finding.
• Experience with SCADA / DCS systems.
• Experience with pneumatic & hydraulic systems.
• Basic condition monitoring knowledge.

Mechanical attributes

Some mechanical aptitude required, including basic tasks like condition monitoring, replacing drive belts, and small gearboxes.

Qualifications

• HNC or equivalent in Electrical Engineering.

About Company

Northwood is a family-owned group providing manufacturing, supply, and transportation of paper hygiene and wiping products for both away-from-home and consumer markets.

Our mission is to be the market-leading partner in the away-from-home tissue industry. We are fully vertically integrated, involved at each supply chain stage, from raw materials to end-user products.

Our products cover professional wiping, consumer paper, and private labels, sold across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, serving sectors like healthcare, hospitality, and education.

We are a successful, award-winning business employing over 800 colleagues across 11 sites in the UK and Spain, known for quality and service excellence.

DE&I

At Northwood, we foster an inclusive, diverse environment where everyone is respected. We promote equal opportunities and celebrate diversity.

• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Free company products
• On-site parking
• Discounts on retail, holidays, cinemas, gyms
• Wellness programs, Employee Assistance Program, OnDemand GP