Shift Engineer – Birmingham

£50,000 - £52,000

12 hour shifts – 4 on 4 off

20 Days Holiday + Bank Holiday – 10% Pension Scheme – Bonus – Medihealth Scheme – 24/7 GP services – Endless overtime opportunities – Discounts on leading retailers and more!

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Shift Engineer to join a UK known food manufacturer in the Birmingham Area!

With no day ever being the same the Shift Engineer role offers genuine long-term progression and career development within a first-class organisation.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for reactive & planned maintenance across all areas of engineering – manufacturing, production, site services, infrastructure & plant equipment
• Carry out PPM schedule effectively and efficiently
• Involved with site project work – installations & upgrades to machinery
• Electrical fault finding & repairs on automation, control panels, PLC’s, electrical power systems
• Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding & machining to make parts & repairs
• Working on high-speed food production & packaging lines, robotics, chillers, freezers, cooling tunnels, mixers, ovens, weighers, baggers, labellers, food processing equipment
• Dealing with pneumatics, motors, bearings, shafts, gearboxes, drives, hydraulics, compressors

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 qualified in electrical engineering or higher
• Experience working in a food/FMCG Industry
• PLC – electrical fault finding skills
• Able to work to time sensitive breakdowns and repairs
• Worked on structured PPM’s – on own initiative and as part of a team
• Electrically able to fault find on motors, sensors, circuitry, contactors, relays, control panels
• Have completed a time-served-apprenticeship
• Attitude is everything – wants engineers that are willing to get stuck in and learn new things
• Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding, machining skills beneficial
• Comfortable working on site infrastructure and associated plant equipment

Package and Benefits:

• Bonus scheme
• 10% Matched Pension
• Life Assurance 4x salary
• 20 Days Holiday + Bank Holiday
• Discounts at leading retailers
• Medihealth scheme
• 24/7 GP Service
• Lots of overtime opportunity