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Job Description - Shift Engineer

Shift Engineer
March, Cambridgeshire

£47,000 + Overtime

Monday-Friday 3-Shift Pattern (6-2 / 2-10 / 10-6)

Benefits:-

Private Pension + X4 Life Assurance
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
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.

Due to a recent promotion, they are looking for an electrically biased shift engineer to join their team.

As a Shift Engineer your key role & responsibilities will be:

Carry out PPM's, reactive maintenance & continuous improvement projects
Industrial electrical fault finding & problem solving, along with minor mechanical repairs
Support reliability engineering, looking to make things run more efficiently
Working on various production & packaging machinery, conveyors, automation & control systems
PLC - electrical fault finding
Use and regularly update the CMMS systems
Dealing with industrial equipment, motors, sensors, servo drives, proximity systems, control panels, inverters, contactors, gearboxes, drives, pneumatics, hydraulics

Knowledge, skills & experience need to be a Shift Engineer:

Must be an experienced electrical biased engineer or industrial electrician
Level 3 qualified or higher in electrical engineering - apprenticeship trained
PLC - electrical fault finding skills
Must have worked in fast-paced manufacturing previously
Willingness to learn new things and suggest improvements
Strong computer skills - using automated CMMS systems
Must be able to read & follow electrical & pneumatic schematics & drawings
Team player, but able to work on own initiative when needed
Previously have worked on high-speed production, processing & packaging machinery

If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours please presume you are unsuccessful.

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & 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
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed
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