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Job Description - Shift Engineer

Shift Engineer (Electrical Biased)
Slough
£52,000

12hr Shifts - 4on 4off Days & Nights

Our client is an industrial processing business, part of a larger group, with multiple sites in the UK. Due to an increase in headcount within their engineering team, they are looking for an experienced electrical biased shift engineer.

Role & Responsibilities of a Shift Engineer:

To carry out planned preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance, repairs, refurbishment, installation, improvement and modification or upgrade of plant, fully automated production & packaging machinery and site services.
Steam & boiler system maintenance
Follow PPM schedules efficiently & effectively
Electrical fault finding & modifications of PLC's, HMi's, SCADA Systems and Control Panels
Mechanical repair and fault finding
Working on hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, motors, contactors, inverters, sensors, drives, valves
PLC - electrical fault finding

Knowledge, Skills & Experience needed to be a Shift Engineer:

Multi-Skilled Engineer - but must be electrically biased
NVQ Level 3 Electrical Engineering - Time-served Apprenticeship
Excellent problem solving & fault diagnosis skills
Knowledge of production environment, continuous improvements & development
Both strong electrical & mechanical fault finding and repair skills
Must have worked in fast-paced environment - FMCG manufacturing/production
Have experience of working on boilers & steam systems advantageous
Worked on PLC systems, Control Panels, HMi's & SCADA Systems
Bonus if have 17th / 18th Edition

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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