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You will be working closely with your engineering colleagues, Operations, OEMs and vendors to develop and implement best practices and increase plant and asset reliability.\nThe role is hands on and fast paced, requiring you to carry out duties with respect to Preventative Maintenance schedules. Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring any tasks carried out are completed to the best possible standard and in accordance with current regulations and company policy on health and safety, quality, hygiene, housekeeping, delivery and cost.\nOther key responsibilities include:\nEnsuring all maintenance activity meets quality standards with respect to workmanship, processes and procedures in order to deliver plant quality targets\nEnsuring that company procedures and effective controls are followed and implemented with respect to maintenance costs to deliver plant cost performance targets\nTo work in support of a preventative maintenance strategy by undertaking work of a predictive preventive and repair nature\nEnsuring contractors are appropriately supervised and comply with contractual commitments and site operating processes\nDocument and communicate as necessary comprehensive maintenance records\nEnsuring appropriate training is completed for both self and others with a view to maintaining professional and technical skills.\nShift Engineer working hours: 4 on, 4 off shift pattern (2x 12-hour days, 2x 12-hour nights) (average 42 hours per week)\nOvertime is expected of all Engineers\nAbout You:\nSound engineering experience working in a similar maintenance environment\nElectrical or Mechanical apprenticeship with multi-skilled knowledge\nComputer literate, and well versed in Excel and Word\nExperience with autonomous maintenance practices\nThe ability to work well individually and within a small team\nStrong fault finding skills and knowledge\nExperience of maintenance management systems (SAP) would be advantageous\nBenefits:\n277.2 hours of annual leave (equivalent of 25 days + 8 bank holidays)\nDiscretionary site bonus\nPension scheme, life assurance and income protection\nEmployee assistance programme\nCycle to work scheme\nCorporate discounts\nWe are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!\n“To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. \nOur people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.”","description_format":"text","description_chars":3554,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Manufacturing","Packaging & Labeling","Packaging Design"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T11:51:06Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":2,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.056,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":467,"expected_fill_days":46,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ds-smith-shift-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ds-smith-shift-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-05T02:44:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3784,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1216,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"}}}