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Shift Engineer (Electrical bias)

Northwood
Cheshire West and Chester
3 weeks ago
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About the Role

Ready to demonstrate your expertise in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in a clean, state of the art FMCG Manufacturing environment?

You will be fully utilised in this role, reducing downtime, improving repair times, and enhancing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).


Job Opportunity

Sustaining and improving equipment reliability and efficiency, you’ll help create innovative maintenance systems, supporting the development of performance measures and yearly maintenance plans.

Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off

  • 2 days from 6am to 6pm
  • 2 nights from 6pm to 6am
  • 4 days off shift

What you'll get involved in:

  • PPM maintenance programs
  • Commissioning new projects
  • Utilising planning tools and CMMS systems to organise weekly tasks and improvement projects.
  • Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation of all maintenance activities.

You'll have the opportunity to support cross-skilling initiatives, expanding our Operators' skillset, e.g. lubrication, changeovers, inspections, and minor repairs.

As our Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, you will play an integral role in troubleshooting equipment issues, conducting root cause analysis (RCA), and implementing long-term solutions to prevent recurrence.

From managing spare parts and purchasing systems, to conducting criticality and obsolescence assessments, your attention to detail will help streamline operations and support continuous improvement (CI).

To further support CI, you will use improvement tools such as 5S, TPM, Asset Management and Kaizen. We'll also rely on you to prepare weekly/monthly performance reports.

If you're ready to take ownership of reliability, drive performance, and be part of a team that values innovation and excellence, we’d love to hear from you.


Essential Skills

What you'll bring to Northwood:

  • Growth mindset with proactive thinking style
  • NVQ Level 4/HNC In Electrical Maintenance (or equivalent)
  • 18th Edition Electrical Qualification, or alternatively, completion of a fully indentured multi-discipline apprenticeship (Mechanical and electrical)
  • Advanced PLC fault finding and problem solving skills

If you've got the background and willingness to learn, we've got the commitment, security, and highly rewarding career prospects for you!

Apply now to get started!


About Company

Northwood is a family-owned group of associated companies that provide the manufacturing, supply and transportation of paper hygiene and wiping products for both the away-from-home and consumer market.

Our mission is to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away from home tissue industry. One of only a small handful of companies in the UK market that is fully vertically integrated; Northwood is involved at each point in the supply chain, from raw material supply, tissue and towel manufacturing, end-user product converting, storage and transportation.


Our remit is huge, with a portfolio of products covering two key systems brands, professional wiping, commodity, consumer paper and private label. We sell into a distribution network spanning the UK, Ireland and Europe, which in turn service markets such as healthcare, hospitality, hotels, engineering, janitorial, catering and education.

We are a highly successful, award-winning and ambitious business that has grown from a humble paper sales business to a market leader employing over 800 colleagues, across 11 sites in the UK and Spain.  


We differentiate ourselves by excelling in product quality alongside market-leading service and sales support.


DE&I

At Northwood, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone is welcomed and respected. We strive to promote a workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages individuals to express their opinions and beliefs. We are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all.


Benefits

  • Company pension
  • Life assurance
  • Free company products
  • Free on-site parking
  • Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
  • Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
  • Free early access to pay scheme
  • Salary sacrifice schemes
  • Employee referral scheme

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