Multiskilled Shift Engineer; Mechanical Bias

Looking to apply your mechanical flair in a hands‑on role with variety? Look no further! We're recruiting a Mechanically biased Shift Engineer to join our impressive, fast‑paced paper converting facility.

Here’s what’s in store for you:

• FMCG production environment with plenty of opportunity for development.
• Empowering team, welcoming your innovative suggestions and input.
• Variety in machinery, day to day tasks, and a wealth of opportunity to develop your mechanical and electrical expertise.
• Monday to Friday role, so you can enjoy your weekends off!

3‑shift rotations (40 hours per week):

• Days (06:00 to 14:00)
• Afternoons (14:00 to 22:00)
• Nights (22:00 to 06:00)

As most of our shifts are Monday to Friday, you’ll have the majority of your weekends off! Night shifts will commence on Sundays at 22:00 and will end on Fridays at 06:00.

• Bringing a reactive and proactive approach to multiskilled maintenance of operational equipment and site facilities, maintaining and improving equipment reliability and efficiency.

• Ensuring all PPMs are carried out safely, cost‑effectively, in a timely manner, and to a high standard.
• Ensuring optimal running of our mechanical and electrical equipment to ensure that agreed SLAs and KPIs are met.
• Troubleshooting electrical and mechanical machinery issues, conducting RCA and implementing long‑term solutions and prevention, demonstrating best practice.
• Responding to and addressing reactive maintenance requests in a timely manner.
• Following engineering/maintenance processes and standards thoroughly, ensuring adherence to Safety, Quality, and Environmental protocol.
• PLC interrogation/electrical fault finding.
• Managing spare parts, conducting criticality and obsolescence assessments.
• Utilising process improvement tools such as 5S, TPM, and Kaizen, supporting our CI.

• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Free company products
• Free on‑site parking
• Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
• Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GPli>
• Free early access to pay scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee referral scheme

What we need from you:

• Demonstrable competence as a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer or Technician, with a Mechanical bias (70/30 or 80/20)
• Experience as a Multiskilled or Mechanical Engineer in the Printing, Packaging, Paper Converting, or FMCG industries, ideally with experience in reel‑to‑reel winding/conversion.
• Experience in electrical maintenance and PLCs (including interrogation and fault finding), and ideally, experience with drives and inverters.
• A proactive approach to equipment efficiency and reliability, and responsive approach to ad hoc requests.
• Level 3+ Electrical qualification (ideally obtained through an apprenticeship)