Shift Engineer
| Posting date: | 09 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £52,000 to £53,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 October 2025 |
| Location: | Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4LR |
| Company: | Hunter Selection Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SE26698_1760013891 |
Summary
Shift Engineer
King's Lynn, Norfolk
£53,000
Panama Days & Nights Shift (6-6)
Benefits:-
- Up to 5% Match Pension + Life Assurance
- 20 Shifts Holiday, rising to 23 Shifts after 1 years service
- Healthcare Cashback Scheme, EV Scheme, 24/7 EAP
Our client is a leading food manufacturer, that values hard work, teamwork and developing people. They are part of a global group with multiple sites in the UK and are looking for a multi-skilled shift engineer to join their team.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Carry out planned preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance of all high-speed production & packaging machinery
- Worked on control panels, HMi's, PLC's, SCADA Systems
- Electrical & mechanical fault finding, problem solving and repairs
- Continuous improvement projects
- Dealing with motors, VSD's, servo drives, pneumatics, gearboxes, bearings, shafts, inverters
- Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Multi skilled engineer - ideally electrically biased
- NVQ Level 3 electrical engineering or maintenance minimum
- Ideally HNC / HND qualified
- Must have worked in some form of fast-paced / Food / FMCG manufacturing industry
- 18th Edition beneficial
- Strong electrical & mechanical problem solving skills
- Knowledge of PLC's, automation & control systems, HMi's
- Continuous improvement mentality
- Willingness to help in all areas of the team
- Worked on motors, inverters, VSD's, sensors, switches, pneumatics, gearboxes
- Ideally have worked with high-speed production & packaging machinery
"To apply please email your CV / resume to [ chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk ]". - Chris Gumm - 01908 010 438
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.