Shift Engineer

Shift Engineer

4 on 4 off - days and nights

£55000 - £56000 (starting)

• Monthly allowance package
• Private medical options
• Life assurance
• Annual bonus scheme
• Access to 24/7 GP services
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Generous holiday allowance including bank holidays
• Access to a wide range of retail and lifestyle discounts

This is an exciting opportunity to join a major, heavily invested manufacturing business operating within a fast‑paced, state‑of‑the‑art production environment. The company continues to make significant long‑term investment across its engineering, automation, and manufacturing operations, creating a modern facility focused on innovation, reliability, and continuous improvement. With strong internal development programmes, technical training, and clear progression pathways, this role offers excellent opportunities for engineers looking to build a long‑term career within a high‑performing and forward‑thinking organisation.

As a Shift Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring maximum availability and reliability of production equipment across a modern manufacturing facility. Working within a highly automated environment, you will support operational performance through reactive maintenance, preventative maintenance strategies, continuous improvement initiatives, and equipment reliability projects.

Ensure maximum equipment reliability through:

• Rapid response to breakdowns
• Effective fault diagnosis and repairs
• Preventative maintenance strategies

Maintain compliance with:

• Health & Safety procedures
• Environmental & Quality standards
• LOTO (Lock Out, Tag Out)
• Permit to Work systems
• Statutory requirements

Support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean methodologies including:

• TPM
• RCM
• RCA
• PDCA
• 5S

• Lead and contribute to reliability and efficiency improvement projects
• Collaborate closely with Operations teams to support a high-performance manufacturing culture
• Maintain accurate maintenance records within CMMS/SAP systems
• Support engineering and capital investment projects to ensure delivery within:

• Budget
• Quality standards
• Project timelines

• Minimum BTEC/NVQ Level 3 qualification in a relevant Engineering discipline
• Strong multi‑skilled engineering background with an electrical bias
• Experience with in a manufacturing or production environment
• Strong fault‑finding and root cause analysis skills
• Good IT literacy including MS Office and maintenance systems

• Experience with in FMCG, Food, Beverage, or high‑speed manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies

• Ability to manage contractors and issue permits safely
• Strong understanding of risk assessments and safe systems of work
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to support and train colleagues