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What You Will Enjoy Doing

The Role: Shift Support Engineer

We are looking for a motivated Shift Support Engineer to work alongside the Shift Engineer in supporting all aspects of plant, facility, and asset maintenance. This role plays a key part in driving Operational Excellence, with a strong focus on Safety, Quality, and Productivity.

You will receive full company training and guidance, with the opportunity to develop into a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer.

Key Responsibilities: Shift Support Engineer

Support the Shift Engineer to ensure production equipment operates efficiently and reliably.
Carry out servicing and maintenance of site machinery.
Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities.
Respond to machine breakdowns and support root cause analysis (RCA).
Maintain accurate and up-to-date maintenance records.
Actively support continuous improvement initiatives across the plant.
Promote and lead a strong safety-first culture at all times.

What makes you great

Key Requirements: Shift Support Engineer

Apprentice-trained preferred.
Minimum NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in an Engineering discipline is essential.
Experience within a manufacturing or FMCG environment is highly advantageous.
Knowledge of electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems is beneficial.
Experience with computer-controlled systems is beneficial.

What you can expect working with us

Shift Support Engineer

Location: Wirral

Permanent

Shift Pattern 4 on / 4 off – 12 hour days & nights

£47,000 + Benefits

Benefits package (Generous pension contributions, Life Assurance, Employee Christmas vouchers, PerkBox – High Street brand discounts and Long service awards)

At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries.

What We Offer

Additional Training and Professional Development
Free uniform and PPE
Free parking on site
Life assurance from day one
Company Pension scheme
Sick pay scheme
Maternity and paternity pay scheme
Long service awards

Our new perk box offering a wealth of benefits such as: -

Money off purchases such as food, drink, cinema, tickets, clothing, and homeware and so much more
A number of freebies across the perk box site, such as free coffees
Online access to free exercise and yoga classes with 24/7 access to qualified therapists

About the Company

As a modern, family-owned company, ALPLA stands for a responsible, sustainable, and future-oriented mind-set. For this reason, we count on the commitment of our employees. ALPLA is one of the world leading companies in packaging solutions and is renowned throughout the world for producing plastic packaging of the highest quality. 24,350 employees work across 46 countries in 200 production plants to produce high-quality plastic packaging for brands in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, oil and lubricant, home, and beauty car... Know more