Night Shift Engineer

Night Shift Engineer – Llantrisant

Monday to Friday 10pm-6am

We’re looking for a Night Shift Engineer to support site operations by maintaining machinery, responding to breakdowns, and ensuring all equipment remains safe, efficient, and fit for purpose. This role involves preventative maintenance, emergency repairs, and supporting installations, upgrades, and movements of machinery across the plant.

This is a night‑shift position, and candidates must be flexible as occasional call‑outs may be required.

Key Responsibilities

Planned Preventative Maintenance — complete scheduled tasks in line with best practice
Breakdown response — deliver rapid, effective repairs to minimise downtime
Safe working environment — follow all site policies and procedures
Risk assessments — complete and document assessments before starting work
Ensure all machinery and equipment is safe, compliant, and fit for purpose
Work with and install single‑phase and three‑phase electrical circuits
Carry out repairs and maintenance to site facilities
Promote safe working practices across the site
Communicate effectively with management and relevant teams
Complete daily time/task sheets accurately
Undertake any additional duties appropriate to the role and skill level
Key Behaviours

Highly self‑motivated and enthusiastic, leading by example
Professional, proactive approach to work
Strong problem‑solving and analytical ability
Excellent attention to detail
Able to work effectively under pressure
Committed to continuous improvement
Vigilant and conscientious regarding Health & Safety
Collaborative, supporting wider team objectives
Consistent in meeting deadlines and operational targets
Key Skills & Experience

Recognised Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship
Multi‑skilled engineer with mechanical bias and solid electrical knowledge
Experience working in a food production environment (3+ years)
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
BRC experience
Good standard of written and verbal English
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed