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Shift Engineer

Job in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18, England, UK
Listing for: Hunter Selection
Full Time, Seasonal/Temporary, Contract position
Listed on 2026-05-29
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Manufacturing Engineer, Electrical Engineering
  • Manufacturing / Production
    Manufacturing Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 53000 - 54000 GBP Yearly GBP 53000.00 54000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Shift Engineer

Biggleswade

54,000 + Overtime + 5% Bonus

12hr Panama Shift - Days & Nights

Benefits:

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  • Up to 10% Match Pension, X4 Life Assurance
  • BUPA Healthcare
  • 21 Shifts Holiday (Rising with service)
  • 24/7 EAP, Staff Discounts Platform, Enhanced Parental Policies

Do you want to work for a leading food manufacturers that is going through a lot of progressive growth with the UK's supermarkets. Due to expansion within the team, they are looking for shift engineers to join.

Role & responsibilities of a Shift Engineer:

  • Carry out planned preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance of all high-speed production & packaging machinery
  • Working on control panels, HMi's, PLC's, SCADA Systems
  • Electrical & mechanical fault finding, problem solving and repairs
  • Continuous improvement projects
  • Dealing with motors, VSD's, servo drives, pneumatics, gearboxes, bearings, shafts, inverters
  • Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding

Knowledge, skills & experience need to be a Shift Engineer:

  • Multi skilled engineer - ideally electrically biased
  • NVQ Level 3 engineering or maintenance minimum
  • Ideally HNC / HND qualified - time-served-apprenticeship
  • Must have worked in some form of fast-paced / Food / FMCG manufacturing industry
  • Strong electrical & mechanical problem solving skills
  • Knowledge of PLC's, automation & control systems, HMi's
  • Worked on motors, inverters, VSD's, sensors, switches, pneumatics, gearboxes

If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours please presume you are unsuccessful.

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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