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Shift Engineer
Northamptonshire (NN3)

Commutable from – Kettering, Northampton, Rugby, Milton Keynes, Bedford, Corby, Daventry

£53,500 + Overtime

12hr Shifts – 2 Days / 2 Nights / 4 Off (Work 7 cycles then get 18 days off)

Benefits:- Private Pension, Life Assurance X4, EAP, Discounts Platforms

Our client is a leading packaging manufacturer, part of a multi-billion-pound global group, with a reputation for product quality which is second to none and industry leading standards. Due to engineering departmental growth, they are looking for a  shift engineer to join their team.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Electrical & mechanical maintenance, PPM’s, and repairs
• Working on a variety of high-speed production & packaging machinery, conveyors, automation & controls, plant machinery and robotics
• Part of a close knit team that is growing & developing
• An exciting challenge for someone that is looking to help develop the existing engineering function
• Dealing with motors, drives, PLC’s, hydraulics, pneumatics, sensors, gearboxes
• Project work – new machine installs, upgrades & continuous improvement work
• Assisting with developing new PPM’s, helping with the new asset care management systems

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Looking for either mechanical or electrical biased shift engineers
• Be comfortable with working on mechanical or electrical problems / faults
• Have a positive approach and attitude, an understanding that the site is going through a redevelopment stage, want people to come on board for the journey
• Confident and able to work on own initiative, sometime unsupervised
• Strong communicator, analytical, self-motivated with a can do, get stuck in attitude
• Must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a maintenance engineering position
• Time-served apprenticeship
• Hold both electrical & mechanical qualifications
• Must have worked in a fast-paced production environment – FMCG, food, packaging, automation
• Experience of working with PLC’s, motors, drives, automation systems
• Previously have worked in a strongly preventative maintenance environment

To apply please email your CV / resume to chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk / 01275 371 981