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Electrical shift engineer

Newport (Newport)
Haystack Selection Ltd
Electrical shift engineer
Posted: 29 May
Offer description

£53,000 + Shift Allowance + Excellent Benefits

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3 on / 3 off | Rotating Days & Nights | 6am6pm / 6pm6am

A well-established packaging manufacturing site is looking to strengthen its engineering team with the addition of a Multi-Skilled Engineering Technician at its highly automated production facility
This is an excellent opportunity to join a large-scale manufacturing operation where engineering reliability and fast response times are critical to maintaining production performance and customer service levels.
The successful candidate will be a strong electrically biased engineer with experience working within fast-paced FMCG, packaging, manufacturing, or process environments.

The Role

Working as part of a busy engineering function, you will be responsible for maintaining, fault finding, repairing, and improving a range of automated production and packaging machinery across the site.
Youll play a key role in reducing downtime, improving machine performance, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives within the operation.

Key Responsibilities
* Attending machinery breakdowns and carrying out effective fault finding
* Completing planned preventative maintenance activities
* Diagnosing electrical and mechanical faults on automated equipment
* Supporting continuous improvement and engineering projects
* Assisting with machinery upgrades, installations, and commissioning
* Working closely with production teams to maximise equipment reliability
* Ensuring all engineering activities are completed safely and efficiently
* Maintaining maintenance records and engineering documentation
What Were Looking For

We are keen to speak with engineers who have strong electrical maintenance experience gained within a fast-moving manufacturing or FMCG environment.

Ideal Background
* Time-served Multi-Skilled Engineer / Maintenance Engineer / Shift Engineer
* Strong electrical fault-finding skills
* Previous experience within FMCG, packaging, manufacturing, or process industries
* Apprentice trained, NVQ, City & Guilds, HNC, or equivalent engineering qualification
* Experience working with automated production or packaging xsngvjr machinery
* Ability to fault find on PLC-controlled equipment
* Siemens S7 PLC experience would be highly advantageous
* Knowledge of drives, sensors, relays, motors, pumps, valves, conveyors, and control systems
* Comfortable working within a fast-paced production environment
* Good communication and problem-solving abilities
Benefits
* Salary circa £53,000
* 3 on / 3 off shift pattern offering excellent work-life balance
* Company pension scheme
* Life assurance
* Ongoing training and development
* Long-term career progression opportunities
* Stable and growing manufacturing business
* Supportive engineering team and modern production environment

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