Multi-Skilled Engineer – Night Shift

Multi‑Skilled Engineer – Night Shift

Location: Cambridgeshire

Salary: Circa £47k plus overtime, pension, life assurance scheme, sick pay, profit‑related bonus scheme.

Holidays: 24 days plus bank holidays, Christmas shutdown with 3 working days taken from entitlement.

Working hours: 40 hrs. Sunday to Wednesday 10:00pm – 6:00am; Thursday 10:00pm – 5:00am (2×15‑minute paid breaks per shift).

Our client is a leading bespoke corrugated packaging manufacturer and solutions provider, supplying a wide range of market sectors including FMCG, retailers, supermarkets, produce markets, growers, food, cosmetic, automotive, industrial, and horticultural.

Key Responsibilities

• Work in line with health and safety regulations, strict operating procedures and within the existing maintenance team.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical/electrical problems in commercial and industrial systems, including fault‑finding, rewiring, and monitoring.
• Install electrical systems to 17th/18th edition wiring regulations.
• Possess working knowledge of IEE regulations, City & Guilds 2360 and 2382 qualifications, and inspection and testing certificate 2391.
• Use electrical test equipment to find faults in a multitude of circuits.
• Assess parts needed for a job and place orders for those parts.
• Conduct routine maintenance on a range of production machinery and testing on commercial, electrical/mechanical equipment ensuring installations meet site standards (LV systems, motor starters, control circuits, feedback loops).
• Ensure good quality workmanship that upholds company standards, complies with safety standards and follows current regulation requirements.
• Work alone to find and present faults and concerns in electro‑mechanical systems without explicit direction.
• Perform root‑cause analysis of faults or line performance issues and implement corrective actions to prevent repeat failures.
• Use of systems to input engineering maintenance data.

Requirements

• Previous mechanical and electrical engineering experience within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Qualified to 17th/18th Edition Wiring Regulations with a completed Electrical Apprenticeship.
• Working knowledge of IEE Regulations and familiarity with NICEIC requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematic drawings for fault finding and diagnostics.
• Proven experience in electrical fault finding, diagnostics, equipment calibration, roll‑gap setting and encoder feedback.
• Experience carrying out risk assessments and working safely in an industrial environment.
• Knowledge of automation systems, variable frequency drives (VFDs), PLCs, and software/programming is advantageous.
• City & Guilds 2360 and 2382 qualifications, along with Inspection and Testing 2391, are desirable.
• Apprentice trained, FLT and/or MEWP licences are desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; good computer literacy.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Demonstrates high safety awareness and commitment to safe working practices.
• Self‑motivated with ability to work independently, use initiative and take ownership of tasks through to completion.
• Strong organisational and problem‑solving skills with a proactive, can‑do approach.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and consistently deliver high‑standard work.

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