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Zest
Shift Engineer
Bedfordshire
Contact Zest
- Hours
- Full Time
- Posted
- 1 day ago
- Salary
- 54000.00 - 57000.00 GBP Annual + Additional benefits
- Recruiter
- Zest
- Closes
- 10 Dec 2026
- Course
- No
- Recruiter Type
- Direct Employer
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Description
Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer
Salary: 54,000 + 5% bonus
Shift Pattern: 12-hour shifts, 3s and 2s (average 42 hours per week)
Location: Commutable from Bedford, St Neots, Sandy, Potton, Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock and Stevenage
Contract: Permanent
Our client is a well-established food manufacturer supplying products to markets around the world. They're looking for a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer to join their engineering team.
The Role
Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across production equipment and plant
Respond to breakdowns, find the root cause and get lines back up and running quickly
Work closely with production and quality to resolve downtime issues
Keep critical spares and maintenance records up to date
Get involved in improvement activities and project work, including installing and commissioning new equipment
Support and coach operators, junior engineers and apprentices
What To Expect
A fast-paced production environment and a supportive engineering team, with real investment in your training and development.
What We're Looking For
A multi-skilled engineering background (electrical, mechanical, controls or instrumentation)
A recognised engineering apprenticeship, HNC or equivalent
Working knowledge of PLCs (Allen Bradley preferred)
Confident working independently on shift
Nice To Have
Food, FMCG or manufacturing experience
Experience with root cause analysis and CMMS systems
What's On Offer
54,000 basic + 5% bonus
3s and 2s shift pattern
Pension matched up to 10%
Medicash plan
Genuine training and development opportunities
A permanent role with a well-established food manufacturer
How To Apply
Click apply, or contact Oli Edwards on (phone number removed) / (url removed) for a confidential discussion.
If you're a multi-skilled engineer looking for your next step with a business that invests in its people, we'd love to hear from you.
As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website (url removed)
Ad ID: 5419338817
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