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Shift Engineer

Job Posted: 17 days ago

Salary: £ 55,000 - 60,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Kettering, North Northamptonshire

Expire in: 10 days

Job Description

Shift Engineer (Multi-Skilled – Electrical Bias)
Location
Kettering
Package
Salary: £55,000+ per annum, plus 10% night shift allowance
Working Hours:
40 hours per week
Monday to Friday rotating shifts:Early,Day Late Night. Late shift includes on-call cover from Friday evening through to Monday morning on a rotational basis.
Holiday:
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Benefits:
Company pension with employer-matched contributions
Private healthcare cash plan
Employee discounts platform
Ongoing training and development opportunities
The Opportunity
We are recruiting for an experienced Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer with a strong electrical bias to join a busy manufacturing site. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining production equipment, improving reliability, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring all engineering activities are completed safely and efficiently.
This position would suit an apprentice-trained engineer with experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ideally within food, FMCG or another highly regulated industry.
Key Responsibilities
  * Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across production equipment.
  * Diagnose and rectify electrical and mechanical faults to minimise downtime.
  * Maintain accurate maintenance records using the site's Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
  * Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
  * Support production teams to maximise equipment availability and efficiency.
  * Review contractor risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) where required and issue permits to work.
  * Ensure all maintenance activities comply with company safe systems of work, risk assessments and health & safety procedures.
  * Complete dynamic risk assessments where necessary.
  * Ensure maintenance documentation, operating manuals and technical information remain up to date and accessible.
  * Maintain engineering workshops and plant areas to high housekeeping standards.
Key Objectives
  * Maintain an excellent health and safety record.
  * Deliver preventative maintenance schedules on time.
  * Reduce equipment downtime and increase plant reliability.
  * Support production to achieve operational targets.
  * Promote a strong food safety and quality culture.
  * Contribute towards continuous improvement and operational excellence.
  * Achieve engineering KPIs relating to reliability, response times and maintenance completion.
Skills & Technical Experience
Essential
  * Apprentice-trained Multi-Skilled Engineer with an electrical bias.
  * Experience fault finding on PLC-controlled (Allen Bradley) machinery, HMIs and automated production equipment.
  * Knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance techniques.
  * Experience using CMMS maintenance systems.
  * Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding ability.
  * Excellent understanding of health and safety within a manufacturing environment.
Qualifications
Essential
  * Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship.
  * Level 3 qualification (City & Guilds or NVQ) in Electrical, Mechanical or Multi-Skilled Engineering.
Desirable
  * HNC or HND in Engineering.
  * 18th Edition Electrical Regulations.
  * IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH qualification.
  * CompEx certification.
Shift Pattern
Average 37.5–40 hours per week on a rotating shift pattern:
06:00–14:00
08:00–16:00
14:00–22:00
22:00–06:00 (Sunday–Thursday nights)
On-call cover operates on a rotating basis, approximately one weekend in four.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established manufacturing business offering long-term stability, investment in engineering, and opportunities for professional development

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