SHIFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Belong. Believe. Be You. Belden.

Propel your career surrounded by a diverse team of innovative, goal-oriented individuals who are pursuing the next generation of connectivity solutions. At Belden, you’ll participate in work that will challenge you and position you to excel. You’ll collaborate with colleagues from around the world, gaining exposure to a broad base of expertise and perspectives.

Together, we’ll continue on a journey of innovation, creating a connected world and paving the way for automation. Join us and let’s build the future.

Job Summary:

You will be working on shifts, to ensure that production engineering maintenance and process issues are solved during the shift. You are there to support the implementation of new equipment and processes, ensure that we are able to produce product seamlessly 24 hrs per day, feedback issues to the production management team and support continuous improvement activities.  In return we offer a salary up to £42K with an additional night shift allowance of 10% (depending on relevant skills and experience), a discretionary bonus scheme as well as 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays). You will receive a generous pension scheme, life assurance, employee stock purchase plan, critical illness income protection as well as the chance to take up other generous benefits including private health insurance, cycle to work scheme, an employee assistance program, paid time off for volunteer work, plus many others. The role reports to the Engineering Supervisor and is located at our UK manufacturing plant in Parham, Suffolk so your own transport is required and there is parking on site.

You will make an impact in the following way:

• Ensure the availability of production equipment and ancillary services equipment during shift working hours. This includes being the operators first call for when process equipment issues arise.
• Support the production shift team leaders day to day engineering needs and ensure all issues which arise aredealt with efficiently and effectively.
• Perform daily planned preventative maintenance activities and proficiently use and help develop the sites computer engineering maintenance management system.
• Perform unplanned maintenance and repairs as required to ensure optimum production run time during shifts - Fault finding on equipment causing process issues down to the root cause, not just curing the symptoms.
• Support the installation and commissioning of new manufacturing equipment.
• Identify and drive forward improvements to our equipment and processes.

What you will bring:

• Formal apprenticeship or other equivalent qualifications in electrical, mechanical and/or maintenance engineering, 18th Edition qualified is also desirable.
• Maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with three phase systems, motor starters, control panels and motors are desirable and it is an advantage if you also have experience with variable speed drives.
• Knowledge and experience of hydraulic and pneumatic systems and equipment, bearings and drive transmission systems.

Let’s Write the Next 100 Years Together.
Join a global community striving to improve connectivity and security. We offer you hybrid and remote work practices where feasible, flexible working hours, an employee stock purchase plan, parental leave benefits, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, multiple and frequent training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health and well-being initiatives and a work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability.

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These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.