£40000 - £45000 per annum + + Night Shift Allowance Kent

Shift Maintenance Engineer

Shift Maintenance Engineer
North Kent

Commutable from – Rochester, Dartford, Erith, Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Swanley, Gravesend
Up to £45k + Night Shift Allowance (£49k OTE)

Monday-Friday 3-Shift – 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm / 10pm-6am

Benefits:- Private Pension, Life Assurance, 25 Days Holiday + Banks, EAP

Our client is a leading food manufacturer, with a reputation for product quality which is second to none and industry leading standards. Due to recent expansion at the site, they are looking for an experienced multi-skilled maintenance engineer to join their close knit team.

Role & Responsibilities:

Carry out electrical & mechanical PPM, breakdowns and continuous improvement work
Working on industrial processing equipment, food production & packaging machinery, automated warehouse systems
Will be a sole engineer working on shift, supported by production staff
Electrical & mechanical fault finding, troubleshooting and problem solving
PPM’s & visual checks, machine modifications & factory improvements
PLC – electrical fault finding
Recalibration of instrumentation and realignment of mechanical components
Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding
Ensure that all plant assets are maintained to high standards to maximise efficiencies

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Be a multi-skilled maintenance engineer – strong electrical & mechanical fault finding
Comfortable and confident with working on your own on shift
Must have some form of mechanical qualifications
Minimum qualified to City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 engineering
Ideally HNC / HND qualified
Able to work well under pressure, good problem solving skills
Must have worked in either food, FMCG or packaging manufacturing
PLC – electrical fault finding capabilities
Able to complete paperwork on computer based CMMS systems
Any experience of network systems would be great – ethernet, profibus, modibus etc.
Beneficial to have worked on instrumentation – fault finding
Be a team player and a motivated individual

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