Shift Engineers (Electrical Biased)
| Posting date: | 10 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £50,500 to £51,500 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 10% Pension, 4x Life, 22 Hols, Retail, EAP |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 October 2025 |
| Location: | West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 1XX |
| Company: | Hunter Selection Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 25706_1760108347 |
Summary
Shift Engineers (Electrical Biased)
Location: Birmingham (B71)
Salary: £51,500 + Regular Overtime Available
Shifts: 12hr - 2 Days / 2 Nights / 4 Off (7-7)
Commutable from: Dudley, Wolverhampton, Bromsgrove, West Brom, Walsall, Redditch, Cannock
Benefits:
- Up to 10% Match Pension
- Life Assurance x4
- 22 Shift Days Holiday
- Discounts at Most Retailers
- Medihealth Scheme
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Company Overview:
Our client is a leading food manufacturer that values hard work, teamwork, and developing people. Part of a global group with multiple UK sites, this is their largest factory, employing over 500 people. They are now seeking several Multi-Skilled Shift Engineers with an electrical bias.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Reactive & planned maintenance across manufacturing, production, site services, infrastructure & plant equipment
- Carry out PPM schedules efficiently
- Support site projects including machinery installations & upgrades
- Electrical fault finding & repairs on automation, control panels, PLCs, and power systems
- Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding & machining for parts and repairs
- Work on high-speed food production lines, robotics, chillers, freezers, cooling tunnels, mixers, ovens, weighers, baggers, labellers, and food processing equipment
- Handle pneumatics, motors, bearings, shafts, gearboxes, drives, hydraulics, compressors
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Electrically biased multi-skilled engineer
- City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 or higher in Electrical Engineering
- Experience in food manufacturing or similar fast-paced environment
- PLC fault finding skills
- Able to respond to time-sensitive breakdowns
- Experience with structured PPMs, working independently and in teams
- Electrical fault finding on motors, sensors, circuitry, contactors, relays, control panels
- Time-served apprenticeship completed
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding, machining skills beneficial
- Comfortable working on site infrastructure and plant equipment
If you're looking for your next challenge, click the link below to apply or email your CV to itzel@hunterselection.co.uk for a confidential discussion!
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.