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Job Title:
Shift Maintenance Engineer (Multi-Skilled)
Department:
Engineering
Reports To:
Engineering Manager
Overview:
This is an excellent opportunity for a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving production, packaging, and site facilities to ensure maximum equipment reliability and efficiency.
Job Summary:
Working as part of the Engineering team, you will provide technical support across all production and packing areas, carrying out both preventative and reactive maintenance. You’ll play a key role in diagnosing faults, identifying improvement opportunities, and contributing to ongoing engineering projects to enhance site performance.
Key Responsibilities:
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Perform preventative and reactive maintenance on a wide range of production and packaging machinery.
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Diagnose and repair faults on electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems.
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Work with PLC-controlled and inverter-driven equipment.
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Identify and implement process and equipment improvements.
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Source and select spare parts as required.
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Support with electrical and mechanical installation work.
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Provide engineering input for ongoing projects and process optimisations.
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Maintain accurate maintenance records and logbooks.
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Report regularly to the Engineering Supervisor and Engineering Manager.
(This list is not exhaustive and duties may evolve as the role develops.)
Qualifications & Experience Required:
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Advanced apprenticeship in Mechatronics, Maintenance Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
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Level 3 Multiskilled qualification (industrial electrical/mechanical).
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Proven experience maintaining and repairing high-speed food, pharmaceutical, or similar process and packaging equipment.
Working Hours (Fixed Shift Pattern):
Rotating shifts which are the following:
- Week 1 & 2 Monday-Thursday Days/Afternoons
- Week 3 Sunday-Thurs Nights
Benefits:
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Company pension scheme
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23 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service).
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Life assurance cover
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Cycle to Work scheme
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Discretionary bonus
