Finsbury Food Group
Engineering - Shift Engineer
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In this role, you’ll be responsible for both planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance across a wide range of production equipment. You’ll apply your electrical and mechanical expertise to ensure equipment reliability and minimise downtime, supporting production to operate as efficiently as possible.
Your day-to-day work will include:
- Fault finding
- Repairs
- Identifying root causes of breakdowns
- Ensuring all maintenance activities are completed to a high standard
You’ll record all work carried out, including duration, root cause, and materials used, through the CMMS system (Mainsaver).
You will ensure full compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety, and quality standards at all times, maintaining a clean and safe working environment in line with GMP. You’ll also manage engineering supplies as required to support maintenance activity.
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Alongside this, you’ll:
- Identify and support improvements to machinery, production lines, and processes
- Contribute to continuous improvement and productivity projects across the site
- Communicate effectively with the Engineering Shift Manager, Production teams, and other key stakeholders, particularly around unscheduled downtime and corrective actions
Supporting production operators to develop basic asset care skills will also form part of your role, helping to improve overall equipment performance.
Ideally this is you!
Qualifications:
- Essential qualifications: Time-served apprenticeship, with appropriate mechanical and electrical capability (Depending on ‘core’ discipline) SVQ3, or HND.
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Experience:
- Minimum 2 Years Experience (desirable)
- Competent with single-phase and three-phase systems
- Qualified to work to 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
- Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or FMCG environment (food production preferred).
Skills:
- Skilled in planned maintenance, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis across mechanical and electrical systems.
- Competent with CMMS systems, ideally Mainsaver.
- Strong understanding of Food Safety, Health & Safety, and GMP.
- Hands-on, proactive, and able to work independently or as part of a team understanding team goals.
- Excellent communicator with clear, concise reporting and problem-solving skills.
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