£47500 - £50500 per annum + BENEFITS Bedford, Bedfordshire

Shift Engineer

Shift Engineer

📍 Bedfordshire
🏭 FMCG / High-Speed Manufacturing

Overview

We are currently recruiting a shift engineer to join a well-established, high-volume manufacturing site undergoing significant investment and upgrade projects.

Working in a structured shift team, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving a complex, fast-paced production environment.

Key Responsibilities

Electrical and mechanical fault finding, diagnosis, and problem solving
Maintenance and support across high-speed production and processing equipment
Work on a wide range of machinery including:

Filling, capping, palletising, conveyors, robotics & automation systems
Processing equipment (mixers, hoppers, liquid systems, pasteurisers, homogenisers)
Site services, utilities, refrigeration and treatment plant

PLC & SCADA fault finding
Support ongoing site-wide upgrade and capital project work
Participate in a weekend on-call rota

What We’re Looking For

Multi-skilled engineer (electrical bias)
Background in FMCG, packaging, or similar high-speed manufacturing environments
Strong fault finding and problem-solving capability including PLC fault finding
Open to candidates from military/forces engineering backgrounds

Desirable:

Experience with project work or site upgrades
Fabrication, welding, or machining skills

Additional Information

Weekend on-call rota (currently 1 in 4)
Standby payment + minimum 4 hours paid per call-out
Significant investment and long-term project pipeline over the next 5 years
Opportunity to be part of a growing engineering team with progression potential

If you are interested in this position please click ‘apply’.

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