Shift Engineer
Bedfordshire (MK40)

£48,000 + Regular Overtime & Call-Out-Payment

Monday-Friday 3-Shift (6-2 / 2-10 / 10-6) + Weekend Call-Out Cover

(£200 per weekend + X4 overtime hourly rate when called in)

Do you want to work for a leading FMCG manufacturer that is making a huge investment in the factory over the next 5 years!? Due to this growth and new production lines being installed, they are looking to grow the engineering function with the addition of new shift engineers.

Role & Responsibilities of a shift engineer:

• Provide electrical & mechanical support & repairs for all production equipment & site services
• Fixing production machinery, industrial processing equipment, conveyors, packaging machinery, automation & controls, PLC’s, SCADA Systems, robots, site services, facilities
• Supporting the engineering shift managers with project work – new machine & production line installs
• PPM’s, electrical & mechanical fault finding, problem solving, machine upgrades
• PLC – electrical fault finding
• Mechanical fabrication, fitting, machining & welding to make parts & repairs
• Work as part of a weekend call-out / standby rota when needed (£200 additional payments)

Knowledge, Skills & Experience needed to be a shift engineer:

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer (electrical & mechanical)
• Apprenticeship trained or a time-served engineering with mechanical & electrical qualifications
• At least 4 years+ experience previously working in FMCG or packaging manufacturing
• Able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Strong electrical & mechanical fault finding & problem solving skills
• PLC – electrical fault finding – Siemens
• Experience of carrying out CI projects, new machine installations
• Experienced in planning & scheduling PPM work
• Must be happy covering a weekend call-out / standby cover when needed (additional payments)
• Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding & machining skills beneficial

If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours, please presume you are unsuccessful.