Shift Engineer in Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom

Shift Engineer

Leighton Buzzard

Up to £58,000

Days and Nights shift

• 24 Shifts Holiday
• Enhanced Pension
• Employee Assistance Program
• 3X Life Assurance
• Discounts Platform

A market-leading manufacturer with a dominant position within its sector is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join its growing engineering team in Leighton Buzzard. This is an excellent opportunity to join a stable, well-invested business that offers ongoing training, career progression and long-term development opportunities.

The Role

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving a range of automated production equipment across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

This position is heavily focused on Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), with occasional reactive breakdown support. You’ll work on a variety of machinery including conveyors, packaging lines, automation equipment and associated production machinery.

Working as part of an established engineering team, you’ll report directly to the Engineering Manager or Shift Lead and play a key role in maximising plant performance and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on manufacturing and production equipment
• Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults
• Respond to breakdowns and minimise downtime where required
• Maintain conveyors, packaging machinery and automated production equipment
• Complete maintenance records and documentation accurately
• Support continuous improvement and reliability projects
• Ensure all work is carried out safely and in line with company procedures
• Work closely with production teams to maximise operational efficiency

About You

• Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Maintenance Technician or Shift Engineer
• Background within FMCG, food manufacturing, packaging, pharmaceutical, automotive or high-volume manufacturing environments
• Electrically or mechanically biased with multi-skilled capability
• Strong fault-finding and maintenance skills
• Experience carrying out both PPM and reactive maintenance
• Engineering qualification such as NVQ, City & Guilds, Apprenticeship or equivalent

What’s On Offer

• Market-leading manufacturing business
• Predominantly PPM-focused role
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Genuine career progression into senior engineering or leadership positions
• Stable and growing business with continued investment
• Supportive engineering team and management structure
• Overtime opportunities available

If this role isnt quite for you but you have a similar background of engineering within manufacturing we would still love to hear from you so please drop your CV across to [email protected].

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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.

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