Humdinger
Asset Care Shift Engineer

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Asset Care Shift Engineer
Humdinger, Sherburn in Elmet LS25 6PJ
Are you a multi-skilled maintenance engineer with a strong electrical background looking for your next challenge in a fast-growing FMCG manufacturing environment?
We're looking for an electrically biased Asset Care Engineer to join our engineering team and play a key role in maintaining, improving and optimising our chocolate factory in Sherburn in Elmet.
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys variety, problem solving and working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment where no two days are the same.
Position type: Full time, permanent
Pay range: £46,194.00 annually
Key Benefits: Health care cash plan, ongoing engineering training/qualifications
Shift Pattern: Our engineers work a rotating 3-week shift pattern that provides regular long breaks and extended periods away from work throughout the cycle. The rotation is as follows:
Week 1
- Sunday to Tuesday Nights: 18:00 - 06:00
- Saturday Days: 06:00 - 14:00
Week 2
- Monday & Tuesday Days: 06:00 - 18:00
- Wednesday & Thursday Nights: 18:00 - 06:00
Week 3
- Wednesday to Friday Days: 06:00 - 18:00
Closing date: 14/08/2026
Responsibilities
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown repair activities across the site.
- Diagnosing and resolving electrical and mechanical faults to minimise production downtime.
- Supporting asset reliability, continuous improvement and operational performance initiatives.
- Maintaining accurate maintenance records through the CMMS system and contributing to asset care improvements.
- Working across our confectionery processing areas, including chocolate button depositing, drop rolling and moulding, belt coating operations, chocolate and sugar panning systems and associated product handling equipment.
- Supporting a highly diverse packing hall with equipment capable of producing pillow packs, doy pouches, foil wrapped products, netted products, bulk packed products and boxed formats.
- Ensuring all engineering activities are completed in line with food safety, quality and health & safety standards.
- Collaborating with production teams to identify root causes of recurring issues and implement long-term solutions.
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Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent engineering qualification.
- Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic experience.
- Good mechanical understanding and ability to work on a range of manufacturing equipment.
- Experience working within a manufacturing, production or FMCG environment.
- Experience using a CMMS maintenance management system.
- A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Desirable
- PLC fault-finding experience.
- Packaging machinery experience.
- HNC/HND qualification.
- HACCP & Food Safety training/ qualifications/ awareness.
Rewards Benefits
- Rotating 3-week days and nights shift pattern offering frequent extended rest periods, regular long weekends and multiple blocks of consecutive days off throughout the cycle. A great opportunity for engineers seeking strong work-life balance alongside a challenging manufacturing environment.
- Holiday entitlement is worked out at 264 hours annually, equivalent to 33 days annual leave including bank holidays.
- 4% employer and 5 % employee pension plan
- Life assurance plan x4 basic salary
- Ongoing investment in your development, including opportunities to achieve additional engineering qualifications through accredited training providers.
- Various salary sacrifice schemes including pension payments, cycle to work and electric car (subject to meeting minimum criteria)
- Healthcare cash plan via paycare (Dental, Optical, Chiropody, Professional Therapy, Counselling) with a value over £400 each year


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About Us
Humdinger, part of Zertus UK&I, is one of the UK's fastest-growing snacking and confectionery manufacturers, producing over 5,000 tonnes of chocolate and snacking products annually for leading retail, third-party and B2B customers. With advanced manufacturing technologies including chocolate button depositing, drop rolling, belt coating, sugar and chocolate panning, and high-speed packing operations, this is an exciting opportunity to join a business investing in people, engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
Application & Interview Process
Please apply online via our careers portal by submitting your CV and answering the application questions. Successful candidates will be invited to a two-stage interview process, including a site tour.
Humdinger is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace.
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