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Northampton
GBP57,500 + Overtime
12hr Shifts : 2 Days / 2 Nights / 4 Off : 7:Cycles then 18 days off
Benefits:
- Private Pension + X4 Life Assurance
- Holidays Built into Shift Rota: Get 90 Days Off A year
- Discounted Memberships, 24/7 EAP
Would you like to work for a growing local business, that has the job security of being part of a multi-billion-pound global manufacturer, at their flagship UK site.
They are looking for an experienced Shift Engineer, that is mechanically biased, working a shift rota that gives you 90 days off a year + off days in between shifts
Role and Responsibilities of a Shift Engineer
- Maintain all production, processing, and packaging machinery
- Electrical and mechanical fault finding and repairs
- Complete PPM and TPM schedules
- Dealing with motors, conveyors, PLCs, gearboxes, drives, sensors, hydraulics, pneumatics
- Project work: new machine installs and continuous improvements
- Ordering spares, parts, and maintain site CMMS
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Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Need to be a Shift Engineer
- Looking for a multi-skilled engineer, with a mechanical bias
- Must have experience of working on industrial production, processing, and packaging machinery
- At least 5 years experience outside of apprenticeship
- Ideally have completed a formal apprenticeship scheme
- NVQ or City Guilds qualified to level 3 or higher
- Must be happy working a rotating shift pattern, with holidays built into a yearly rota
- Computer literate: able to use SAP systems / CMMS
- Experience of working on hydraulics, pneumatics, PLCs, control panels, gearboxes
- Beneficial if able to do welding, fabrication, and fitting work
- Passionate about reliability engineering, continuous improvements, asset care management
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Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent and contract roles within Engineering and Manufacturing, IT and Digital, Science and Technology, and Service and Sales sectors.
Please note, as we receive a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills and 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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