Shift Engineer

Elis Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in circular services in Dartford is seeking a Shift Engineer to support maintenance tasks and projects, ensuring compliance with Health and Safety standards. The ideal candidate should have a relevant qualification and skills in electrical and mechanical maintenance. This full-time role includes a rotating shift pattern and offers 29 days of holiday, a pension plan, and more.

Benefits

29 Days Holiday

Company Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

On-site Parking

Qualifications

• Skills in both Electrical and Mechanical trades with an apprenticeship preferred.
• Knowledge of engineering disciplines including pneumatics, hydraulics, steam systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for maintenance tasks including breakdown, PPM, and installations.
• Ensure all activities comply with Health and Safety standards.
• Report incidents and maintain communication with Production staff.

Skills

Electrical Installation Maintenance

Mechanical Fabrication/Maintenance

Electronic fault finding to component level

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

Education

Recognised qualification in mechanical or electrical

Job description

Shift Engineer at ELIS

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ELIS, a leader in circular services, allows businesses to achieve optimal hygiene and protection for their employees and customers thereby enriching their well‑being in a sustainable way. Our rental maintenance model supports our customers to focus on their core business while reducing their environmental footprint. Our circular services emulate our commitment to a more sustainable future: connecting us, our clients and our planet.

• Location: Dartford
• Employment type: Full-time
• Contract: Permanent

About the Role

The successful candidate will provide support in relation to all maintenance tasks and projects being undertaken, including day‑to‑day breakdown, PPM, equipment updates, new installations, and building/infrastructure upgrades.

Your Mission at Elis

• Ensuring all activities are carried out in accordance with the Site Health and Safety instructions and the SSG Health and Safety manual, as well as in accordance with relevant engineering standards.
• Ensuring all PPM activities are completed on time as required, feeding back information to the Senior Engineer to improve the PPM system and activities.
• Working closely with the Engineer on the opposite shift to ensure all handover of ongoing activities is carried out every day, and sharing all other information and practices as required.
• Providing knowledge and input into continuous improvement of plant, machinery, and maintenance activities.
• Working with Engineering colleagues and Engineering Manager to identify long running problems and suitable solutions.
• Undertaking repairs to equipment in a safe and timely manner ensuring that Production is constantly updated on progress.
• Undertaking remedial engineering works to equipment or site as instructed by the Engineering Manager.
• Reporting any incidents, accidents and near misses in accordance with Health and Safety Policies.
• Ensuring that safe systems of work and best practice procedures are adhered to.
• Ensuring the Company’s disciplines, rules and standards are maintained.
• Maintaining excellent communication between Production staff and co‑workers.

What will make you stand out?

• A recognised qualification relevant to the role (e.g. mechanical or electrical C&G).
• Skills in both Electrical and Mechanical trades: Apprenticeship with indentures preferred.
• Electrical Installation Maintenance.
• Mechanical Fabrication/Maintenance.
• Electronic fault finding to component level.
• Preferred knowledge of other engineering disciplines including pneumatics, hydraulics, steam systems Electrical Installation 18th Edition.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.

What's on offer?

• 29 Days Holiday
• Company Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site Parking

Please note, the working pattern for this vacancy consists of a rotating shift pattern of 06:00‑14:30, 14:00‑22:30 and 22:00‑06:30.

Interested? Then apply online! Your contact person:

Dominic Frimpong
HR Coordinator
Tel: [e-mail]

Job Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Business Consulting and Services