Shift Engineer

A well established food manufacturer are seeking a Night Shift Engineer, you will help keep production running smoothly, support continuous improvement, and use strong fault-finding skills to deliver consistent performance. This is a night shift position with a clear schedule, a supportive maintenance culture, and the chance to grow your engineering capability while working on modern plant machinery.

Shift Pattern- Sunday to Friday- 9.00 pm – 5.00 am

Salary £45,000 to £51,750 plus Benefits

What You Will Do:

- Use high-level fault-finding to maintain and enhance a fully automated production plant, including process and front-line packaging machinery.

- Carry out planned maintenance routines using the factory's planned maintenance system, ensuring tasks are completed effectively and on time.

- Monitor system performance and help improve reliability and effectiveness through continuous improvement activities.

- Ensure production targets are achieved to stringent cost and quality standards, responding quickly when issues arise.

- Assist with plant optimisation and performance improvements, working closely with the wider maintenance team.

- Prioritise and rectify engineering faults across multiple areas to reach a satisfactory outcome.

What You Will Bring:

- Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in a factory environment, ideally within food manufacturing.

- Electrical engineering qualifications and the ability to apply strong mechanical skills alongside electrical fault-finding.

- A good understanding of PLC fault-finding would be desirable, but not essential, as training and learning are supported.

- Basic workshop skills to support maintenance activity and problem resolution.

- Willingness to train, learn new skills, and operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced night shift environment.

This Shift Engineer opportunity supports the company's commitment to producing high-quality products using quality ingredients and a genuine culture of continuous improvement. By keeping automated lines operating reliably and improving maintenance effectiveness, this role plays a key part in ensuring only the best products reach customers, day after day.

Location:

The Shift Engineer role is based in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, at a custom-designed manufacturing site.

Interested?:

If you are ready to bring your fault-finding and maintenance skills to a rewarding Shift Engineer position, apply now and take the next step in your career with this exciting opportunity.

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