Shift Engineer

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Full time
Location: Maidstone
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Job offered by: CLARITY RECRUITING LTD
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Category:
Job Title:

Shift Engineer (Electrically Biased) Location:

Maidstone, Kent Pay:

£44,000 - £47,000

Shifts:

Monday - Friday, weekly rotation on Days and Afternoons - 06:00 - 14:00 / 14:00 - 22:00

We offer a competitive benefits package which includes:

Discounted Gym Membership. Private healthcare. The opportunity to gain further qualifications through external training. Career progression and training opportunities.

What will you receive? 29 days holiday (increases with service) + statutory holidays, including a fixed Christmas break. Pension. Free parking.

About the Job: We are seeking a multi-skilled maintenance electrical engineer to join our well-established team in Maidstone.

The focus of the role is to work closely with the production team to ensure that machinery downtime is kept to a minimum and that all maintenance is conducted in advance to avoid production disruption.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the engineering team, supporting and identifying means of improving plant productivity. They will ensure that any spare parts, materials, and equipment are available. They will investigate and establish the causes of all breakdowns and machinery speed losses and record any repairs to ensure recurrent faults can be recognized.

The Candidate: To successfully carry out this role you will need to be multi-skilled with an electrical bias. Electrically, you will be able to fault find on single and three-phase systems, servo motors and AC motors, sensors, and various control systems. There will be an element of electrical installation as required, typically lighting and small power. Knowledge of PLC electronics is desired.

Mechanically, you will be able to work on drive train systems, rollers, gearboxes, shafts, pneumatics, and some hydraulics. There is a requirement to be able to strip machine assemblies to component level and rebuild. You will also need to have demonstrated experience in maintenance engineering and show the ability to work off your own initiative.

Education to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent is preferred, but not essential as we would consider "time served" as experience.

You will be multi-skilled with an electrical bias and have strong communication skills and excellent organizational skills.

Experience: Electrical Engineering: 2 years (required) Mechanical Engineering: 2 years (required)

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