Details:
- Salary: £58,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Sleaford Lincolnshire
- Date: 4 days ago
Description:
Electrical Engineer | £58,000 | 4 On / 4 Off
Sleaford, Lincolnshire | Food Manufacturing | Rotating Days & Nights
£58,000 + benefits
Are you an Electrical Engineer with strong industrial fault-finding experience looking for a well-paid shift role in a high-output manufacturing environment?
We're recruiting an Electrical Engineer for a large-scale poultry processing site in Sleaford, part of a major European food group supplying leading retail and foodservice customers.
This is a hands-on electrical engineering role working directly on production and packaging equipment, with responsibility for breakdown response, planned maintenance and improving equipment reliability.
The Shift
4 on / 4 off | Rotating Days & Nights
Days: 05:30-17:30
Nights: 17:30-05:30
A structured continental shift pattern with significant time off between rotations.
The Role
You'll provide electrical engineering support across a busy production environment, keeping equipment running safely and efficiently.
You'll be responsible for:
Electrical fault-finding and breakdown response
Working on single and three-phase systems
Fault-finding on motors, drives, sensors and control systems
Planned preventative maintenance
Repairing and servicing production equipment
Using SAP to record maintenance activity, labour and parts
Supporting OEE and reliability improvements
Reducing repeat failures and equipment downtime
Working with engineering leadership and external engineers on complex faults
Safe isolation and Lock Out / Tag Out procedures
Supporting the training of colleagues and apprentices
What We're Looking For
Electrical experience is essential.
You'll ideally have:
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Electrical Engineering
Strong industrial electrical fault-finding experience
FMCG, food manufacturing or other high-output manufacturing experience
Experience with single and three-phase systems
Knowledge of motors, drives, sensors and control systems
PLC diagnostic experience
Strong problem-solving skills
Ability to work safely and make decisions under pressure
You don't need to be a PLC programmer, but you should be confident using PLCs for diagnostics and fault-finding.
SAP or other CMMS experience is useful but not essential.
What's On Offer?
£58,000 salary
4 on / 4 off rotating days and nights
Competitive holiday entitlement
Pension contribution
Life assurance
Family-friendly policies
Learning and development opportunities
Long-term opportunity with a major food manufacturing group
Ongoing investment in engineering and site capability
Why This Role?
This is a high-output, technically varied manufacturing environment where engineering reliability directly impacts production.
If you're an electrically qualified engineer looking for £58k, a 4-on/4-off shift pattern and genuine industrial engineering work, this is a strong opportunity.
Electrical Engineer | Sleaford | £58,000 | 4 On / 4 Off | Days & Nights
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