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Shift Engineers

Hunter Selection
Posted 20 days ago, valid for 8 days
Salary

£40,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a Shift Engineer in Bedfordshire (MK40) offering a salary of £40,500 plus overtime.
  • The role involves providing electrical and mechanical support for production equipment and site services, as well as fixing various machinery and supporting project work.
  • Candidates must be multi-skilled engineers with mechanical and electrical qualifications, preferably with experience in FMCG or packaging manufacturing.
  • The job requires strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
  • Applicants should have relevant experience and be willing to cover weekend call-out duties, which offer additional payments.

Shift Engineer
Bedfordshire (MK40)

£40,500 + Overtime

Monday-Friday 3-Shift (6-2 / 2-10 / 10-6) + Weekend Call-Out Cover (£200 per weekend + overtime hourly rate when called in)

Our client is 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:

  • Provide electrical & mechanical support & repairs for all production equipment & site services
  • Fixing production machinery, mixers, industrial processing equipment, conveyors, packaging machinery, automation & controls, PLC's, SCADA Systems, robots
  • 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:

  • Must be a multi-skilled engineer (electrical & mechanical)
  • Apprenticeship trained or a time-served engineering with mechanical & electrical qualifications
  • Be a health & safety and quality conscious engineer
  • Must have previously worked 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

To apply please email your CV / resume to / 01908 010 438

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.


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.

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