Hunter Selection
Shift Engineer
Shift Engineer at Hunter Selection, based in March, Cambridgeshire. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- March, Cambridgeshire
- Closing date
- Sector
- Maintenance Engineer
Reference e319a8be6fd6d2ba23690c644254cc7c38c406bb
About the role
Shift Engineer
March, Cambridgeshire
47,000 + Overtime
Monday-Friday 3-Shift Pattern (6-2 / 2-10 / 10-6)
Benefits:-
- Private Pension + X4 Life Assurance
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
- Discounted Memberships, 24/7 EAP
Would you like to work for a growing local business, that has the job security of being part of a multi-billion-pound global manufacturer, at their flagship UK site.
Due to a recent promotion, they are looking for an electrically biased shift engineer to join their team.
As a Shift Engineer your key role & responsibilities will be:
- Carry out PPM's, reactive maintenance & continuous improvement projects
- Industrial electrical fault finding & problem solving, along with minor mechanical repairs
- Support reliability engineering, looking to make things run more efficiently
- Working on various production & packaging machinery, conveyors, automation & control systems
- PLC - electrical fault finding
- Use and regularly update the CMMS systems
- Dealing with industrial equipment, motors, sensors, servo drives, proximity systems, control panels, inverters, contactors, gearboxes, drives, pneumatics, hydraulics
Knowledge, skills & experience need to be a Shift Engineer:
- Must be an experienced electrical biased engineer or industrial electrician
- Level 3 qualified or higher in electrical engineering - apprenticeship trained
- PLC - electrical fault finding skills
- Must have worked in fast-paced manufacturing previously
- Willingness to learn new things and suggest improvements
- Strong computer skills - using automated CMMS systems
- Must be able to read & follow electrical & pneumatic schematics & drawings
- Team player, but able to work on own initiative when needed
- Previously have worked on high-speed production, processing & packaging machinery
If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours please presume you are unsuccessful.
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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.
Reference: e319a8be6fd6d2ba23690c644254cc7c38c406bb · Posted 1 hour ago · Closes 3 Dec 2026 · Listed via Hunter Selection
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