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Shift Maintenance Engineer

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Kent
Salary
£38,000 - £45,000 + Shift Allowance
Closing date
18 May 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Engineering
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Shift Maintenance Engineer

£38,000 - £45,000 + Shift Allowance
Kent
Job ref: 8083

The company

A new role has just become available with this niche and expanding food business. The company is well-established and produces a fantastic range of high-quality products which are supplied to a variety of retailers all over the UK.

About the Shift Maintenance Engineer job

The purpose of your role will be to ensure that all plant and equipment is repaired and serviced to recognised standards keeping downtime to a minimum.

Key tasks:

  • Organise team maintenance and required equipment to ensure that operation and maintenance of machinery is completed safely, in the shortest possible time within the time scale demanded by operational necessities. Timely and accurate completion of all documentation. Monitor workflow, be aware of potential problems and take immediate corrective actions. Completion of planned and preventative maintenance on equipment, ensuring all defects found are repaired in a timely manner. Contact suppliers and contractors to assist in obtaining spare parts and labour.

Skills & experience required for the Shift Maintenance Engineer job

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, organised and hold a suitable Level 3 qualification in Electrical/Mechanical engineering and have the following skills:

  • Knowledge of 17th or 18th Edition electrical regulations. Proven electrical/mechanical maintenance background. Ability to read electrical schematic drawings. Understanding of PLC controlled equipment. Flexible approach to shift patterns. Understanding of health and safety legislation.

More details

The Shift Maintenance Engineer job is based in Kent and is paying £38,000 - £45,000 plus 25% shift allowance for night shift.

The working hours will be a weekly rotating shift pattern of early, late, and night shifts, Monday to Friday.

  • Week 1 - Early - 6 am - 3 pm Week 2 – Night - 10 pm - 7 am Week 3 – Late - 3 pm - 12 am

How to apply

To be considered for the Shift Maintenance Engineer job, please click the Apply button.

After you have submitted your CV, we will aim to contact you in 1-2 business days on the assumption that your skills and experience match the job requirements.

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Alternate job titles

Maintenance Technician | Multi Skilled Engineer | Manufacturing Engineer | Production Engineer | FMCG Engineer | Food Manufacturing Engineering Jobs

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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