Shift engineer
Job description
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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.
We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer, who will report directly to the Engineering Manager on site. 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.
Requirements- 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.
- 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.
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your C&G qualification and apprenticeship credentials at the top as these are specifically mentioned as requirements
📊 Quantify your maintenance experience: 'Completed 95% of PPM activities on schedule, reducing unplanned downtime by 25%'
🔧 Emphasise both electrical and mechanical skills as the role requires dual-trade expertise
🎯 Mention specific experience with pneumatics, hydraulics, or steam systems as these are preferred knowledge areas
🤝 Demonstrate shift handover experience and cross-team communication skills as daily handovers are essential
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- •Completed 98% of PPM activities on schedule across 45 pieces of industrial equipment, reducing unplanned downtime by 22%
- •Diagnosed electronic faults to component level on steam systems and hydraulic equipment, achieving 4-hour average repair time
- •Led continuous improvement project that reduced mechanical breakdown frequency by 15% through enhanced preventive maintenance protocols
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Elis UK's commitment to circular services and sustainability aligns perfectly with my engineering values, which is why I am applying for the Shift Engineer position in Brixton. My C&G qualification and dual-trade apprenticeship in electrical and mechanical engineering make me well-suited to handle the PPM schedules and breakdown maintenance this role requires.
My background in industrial maintenance has equipped me with electronic fault finding skills to component level and experience managing preventive maintenance programmes. I have consistently delivered on-time PPM completion whilst maintaining excellent communication with production teams during shift handovers.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Describe your experience with electronic fault finding to component level
- ›How would you approach a PPM schedule that's falling behind?
- ›What safety procedures do you follow when working on electrical installations?
- ›Explain the difference between pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- ›How do you prioritise breakdown repairs versus planned maintenance?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a long-running problem and implemented a solution
- ›Describe a situation where you had to communicate technical issues to production staff
- ›Give an example of when you improved a maintenance process
- ›How do you handle working closely with engineers on opposite shifts?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to report a safety incident
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you identified a long-running problem and implemented a solution
Describe a situation where you had to communicate technical issues to production staff