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Shift Engineer

Birmingham
2 weeks ago
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Shift Engineer - Birmingham

£50,000 - £52,000

12 hour shifts - 4 on 4 off

20 Days Holiday + Bank Holiday - 10% Pension Scheme - Bonus - Medihealth Scheme - 24/7 GP services - Endless overtime opportunities - Discounts on leading retailers and more!

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Shift Engineer to join a UK known food manufacturer in the Birmingham Area!

With no day ever being the same the Shift Engineer role offers genuine long-term progression and career development within a first-class organisation.

Role & Responsibilities:

Responsible for reactive & planned maintenance across all areas of engineering - manufacturing, production, site services, infrastructure & plant equipment
Carry out PPM schedule effectively and efficiently
Involved with site project work - installations & upgrades to machinery
Electrical fault finding & repairs on automation, control panels, PLC's, electrical power systems
Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding & machining to make parts & repairs
Working on high-speed food production & packaging lines, robotics, chillers, freezers, cooling tunnels, mixers, ovens, weighers, baggers, labellers, food processing equipment
Dealing with pneumatics, motors, bearings, shafts, gearboxes, drives, hydraulics, compressors

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 qualified in electrical engineering or higher
Experience working in a food/FMCG Industry
PLC - electrical fault finding skills
Able to work to time sensitive breakdowns and repairs
Worked on structured PPM's - on own initiative and as part of a team
Electrically able to fault find on motors, sensors, circuitry, contactors, relays, control panels
Have completed a time-served-apprenticeship
Attitude is everything - wants engineers that are willing to get stuck in and learn new things
Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding, machining skills beneficial
Comfortable working on site infrastructure and associated plant equipment

Package and Benefits:

Bonus scheme
10% Matched Pension
Life Assurance 4x salary
20 Days Holiday + Bank Holiday
Discounts at leading retailers
Medihealth scheme
24/7 GP Service
Lots of overtime opportunityIf 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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