Shift Engineer

Shift Engineer (Multi-Skilled – Electrical Bias)

Location

Kettering

Package

Salary: £55,000+ per annum, plus 10% night shift allowance

Working Hours:

40 hours per week

Monday to Friday rotating shifts:Early,Day Late Night. Late shift includes on-call cover from Friday evening through to Monday morning on a rotational basis.

Holiday:

26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Benefits:

Company pension with employer-matched contributions

Private healthcare cash plan

Employee discounts platform

Ongoing training and development opportunities

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an experienced Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer with a strong electrical bias to join a busy manufacturing site. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining production equipment, improving reliability, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring all engineering activities are completed safely and efficiently.

This position would suit an apprentice-trained engineer with experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ideally within food, FMCG or another highly regulated industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across production equipment.
• Diagnose and rectify electrical and mechanical faults to minimise downtime.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records using the site's Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Support production teams to maximise equipment availability and efficiency.
• Review contractor risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) where required and issue permits to work.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with company safe systems of work, risk assessments and health & safety procedures.
• Complete dynamic risk assessments where necessary.
• Ensure maintenance documentation, operating manuals and technical information remain up to date and accessible.
• Maintain engineering workshops and plant areas to high housekeeping standards.

Key Objectives

• Maintain an excellent health and safety record.
• Deliver preventative maintenance schedules on time.
• Reduce equipment downtime and increase plant reliability.
• Support production to achieve operational targets.
• Promote a strong food safety and quality culture.
• Contribute towards continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Achieve engineering KPIs relating to reliability, response times and maintenance completion.

Skills & Technical Experience

Essential

• Apprentice-trained Multi-Skilled Engineer with an electrical bias.
• Experience fault finding on PLC-controlled (Allen Bradley) machinery, HMIs and automated production equipment.
• Knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance techniques.
• Experience using CMMS maintenance systems.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding ability.
• Excellent understanding of health and safety within a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship.
• Level 3 qualification (City & Guilds or NVQ) in Electrical, Mechanical or Multi-Skilled Engineering.

Desirable

• HNC or HND in Engineering.
• 18th Edition Electrical Regulations.
• IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH qualification.
• CompEx certification.

Shift Pattern

Average 37.5–40 hours per week on a rotating shift pattern:

06:00–14:00

08:00–16:00

14:00–22:00

22:00–06:00 (Sunday–Thursday nights)

On-call cover operates on a rotating basis, approximately one weekend in four.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established manufacturing business offering long-term stability, investment in engineering, and opportunities for professional development.