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Shift Engineer

UK - Duxford💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-26

Core

Support maintenance activities, fault finding, repairs, and root cause corrective actions to improve plant performance and reliability for advanced lightweight composite manufacturing.

Role type

Senior IC maintenance engineer (electrical/mechanical)

Builds

Production uptime and reliability for composite material manufacturing lines

Domain

Manufacturing / Industrial Maintenance / Aerospace Composites

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

PLC troubleshooting, variable speed drive diagnostics, mechanical/electrical fault finding, planned preventative maintenance (PPM) scheduling, root cause analysis, mechanical/electrical drawing interpretation, equipment manual interpretation, supplier/OEM liaison, maintenance record management, production personnel training

Preferred skills

ATEX/DSEAR/COMPEX training, IOSH qualification, health and safety regulation knowledge

Technologies

PLCs, variable speed drives, Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

Support maintenance activities across the site to improve plant performance and reliability; Carry out fault finding, repairs and implement root cause corrective actions; Develop, execute and maintain planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules; Respond to mechanical and electrical breakdowns to minimise downtime and restore production; Interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics and equipment manuals; Diagnose and troubleshoot PLC and drive-related issues; Train production personnel in basic maintenance activities and machine set-up procedures

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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