Shift Engineer


Company:	Hunter Selection Limited
Salary:	£50,000 to £52,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Slough, SL1 4NL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	4 Sept 2026
Closing date:	18 Sept 2026

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Summary

Shift Engineer (Electrical Biased)

Slough

£52,000

12hr Shifts - 4on 4off Days & Nights

Our client is an industrial processing business, part of a larger group, with multiple sites in the UK. Due to an increase in headcount within their engineering team, they are looking for an experienced electrical biased shift engineer.

Role & Responsibilities of a Shift Engineer:

To carry out planned preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance, repairs, refurbishment, installation, improvement and modification or upgrade of plant, fully automated production & packaging machinery and site services.

Steam & boiler system maintenance

Follow PPM schedules efficiently & effectively

Electrical fault finding & modifications of PLC's, HMi's, SCADA Systems and Control Panels

Mechanical repair and fault finding

Working on hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, motors, contactors, inverters, sensors, drives, valves

PLC - electrical fault finding

Knowledge, Skills & Experience needed to be a Shift Engineer:

Multi-Skilled Engineer - but must be electrically biased

NVQ Level 3 Electrical Engineering - Time-served Apprenticeship

Excellent problem solving & fault diagnosis skills

Knowledge of production environment, continuous improvements & development

Both strong electrical & mechanical fault finding and repair skills

Must have worked in fast-paced environment - FMCG manufacturing/production

Have experience of working on boilers & steam systems advantageous

Worked on PLC systems, Control Panels, HMi's & SCADA Systems

Bonus if have 17

th / 18

th Edition

If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours please presume you are unsuccessful.

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.

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