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Shift Maintenance Engineer - Electrical Focus
Location: Loughborough
Position Type: Full-time, 42 hours per week, Rotating Shifts
Salary: 37,000- 40,000 (Dependent on Experience)
Purpose of the Role:
As a Shift Maintenance Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the continued safe and effective operation of plant assets. Your primary focus will be on electrical maintenance, but a solid understanding of mechanical systems is also beneficial. You'll be responsible for troubleshooting and repairing electrical components such as breakers, relay contactors, and motors while supporting production teams with any engineering challenges that arise.
Key Responsibilities:
Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance
- Perform repairs on electrical components such as breakers, relay contactors, and motors.
- Ensure all plant and production equipment are maintained to ensure efficient and reliable operation.
- Assist with troubleshooting and resolving any engineering issues affecting production.
Health and Safety
- Ensure Safe Work Procedures (SWPs) are adhered to and report any safety issues to the Engineering or Site Manager.
- Ensure the correct use of PPE and communicate any additional requirements to the Engineering Manager.
- Maintain high housekeeping standards, promoting a "clean as you go" policy within the department.
Communication & Reporting
- Ensure smooth shift changeovers with clear communication regarding production issues, breakdowns, and ongoing tasks.
- Submit shift reports to the Engineering and Production management teams, ensuring all necessary details are provided.
- Inform the Engineering Manager about any urgent needs for critical or day-to-day spare parts.
- Communicate any issues with resolving production breakdowns to the Engineering Manager or Shift Supervisor.
General Responsibilities
- Comply with all company rules, regulations, and procedures, ensuring adherence to best practices and high working standards.
- Carry out any other reasonable duties as directed by management to support the maintenance operations.
Shift Pattern:
- Week 1: Monday & Tuesday - Days, Wednesday & Thursday - Nights, followed by 4 days off.
- Rotating shifts with a mix of day and night shifts, offering a balanced work schedule.
Skills and Experience:
- Strong electrical background (e.g., experience working with breakers, relay contactors, and disconnecting motors).
- Mechanical experience is advantageous, but electrical knowledge is a must.
- Previous experience in a plant or production maintenance role is preferred.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues effectively, minimizing downtime.
- Commitment to health and safety standards, with a proactive approach to housekeeping.
- Strong communication skills, able to work well within a team and across departments.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- A dynamic and supportive working environment.
- Opportunities for career growth and training.
- A rotating shift pattern that promotes work-life balance.
If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can apply your electrical maintenance expertise and work in a team-focused environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
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.
