Shift Engineer - Thetford

Shift Engineer
Thetford, Suffolk
£48,000

Monday-Friday 3-Shift - 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm / 10pm-6am

Our client is a leading multi-national FMCG manufacturing & packaging organisation that is growing as a business. They are looking for an electrical biased shift engineer to join their expanding & supportive team.

Benefits:-

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Private Pension & Life Assurance
• Regular Overtime Available

Role & Responsibilities:

• Provide electrical & mechanical support & repairs for all high-speed production lines
• Carry out PPM's, reactive maintenance & project work
• Working on conveyors, pick & place robots, fillers, cappers, blister packers, extruders, mixers, labellers, wrappers, palletisers, stackers, automation & controls, PLC's, silos
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding, diagnostics & repairs
• Use of Piranha CMMS systems
• Project work - machine upgrades, installations & continuous improvements
• Improve equipment reliability and operational OEE of manufacturing plant

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer - electrical, mechanical, machining, fabrication & welding
• Ideally have completed an accredited apprenticeship to level 3 electrical standards
• HNC qualified preferred
• Strong electrical & mechanical fault finding & root cause analysis skills
• Experience of working in high-speed FMCG manufacturing
• PLC - electrical fault-finding skills
• Beneficial to have use Piranha CMMS system
• Team player, driven & enthusiastic
• Have been involved with project work and continuous improvement activities
• Essential to have worked on high-speed packaging & production machinery
• Any experience of dealing with site services/facilities maintenance would be an advantage

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

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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.

Job Tenure: Permanent Salary: £47000 - £48000 per annum + Benefits Location: Thetford, Norfolk