Lead Shift Production Support Engineer

Lead Shift Production Support Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - £60000
Hours: Rotating 24-hour shift pattern 4 days working, 4 days off, 4 nights working, 4 days off (7:00am 7:30pm and 7:00pm 7:30am)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Shift Production Support Engineer to join our thriving UK medical manufacturing company to work within our expanding Engineering Department.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated candidate to lead a team of engineers working on a rotating shift pattern, providing primary engineering support across the site. This is a hands-on role involving fault finding, Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM), installations, circuitry upgrades, breakdown support and machine changeovers as required.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring engineering works are completed safely and efficiently, keeping machine downtime to a minimum and supporting the achievement of operational targets.

Essential Experience/Qualifications

Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship

Experience of automated production environment

Machine setting

Previous team leading experience

Strong engineering background electrically and mechanically

Strong health and safety knowledge

Strong relationship building qualities

Understanding of working in a controlled environment

Ability to manage downtime and priorities

Continuous improvement mindset

Ability to modify machine wiring

Ability to read engineering drawings electrically and mechanically

Desirable Experience/Qualifications

Injection moulding

Knowledge and understanding of quick changeover best practices

18th Edition

PLC knowledge

Key Skills

Good communication

Good people skills

Able to work to deadlines

Able to multitask and prioritise workload

Able to make decisions and self-manage

Able to work in a team and on own initiative

Able to function effectively across a number of interrelated departments

Self-motivated and willing to learn

Have a can-do attitude with an enthusiastic approach to work

Basic computer skills

Methodical, organised and structured approach to work

Excellent attention to detail

Able to work in a safe manner complying with Health and Safety legislation

Able to act in a fair and reasonable way

High level of commitment

Flexibility to work additional hours if required to support the facility

No Agencies please

You may have experience in the following: Shift Engineer, Lead Maintenance Engineer, Shift Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Maintenance Team Leader, Engineering Team Leader, Production Support Engineer, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Shift Engineering Supervisor, Maintenance Shift Leader, etc.