Electrical Technician

Job Description:

Shift Technician - Electrical & Instrumental Biased

Are you an experienced Technician, Electrical and Instrumental biased, looking to progress your career at a local manufacturing company that prides itself on producing quality products and high performance whilst being fully focused on health and safety.
Essity is a market leader in tissue products and Oakenholt Mill, Flint is a great place to continue and develop your career.

About the Role
Our focus is on continuous improvement and maintaining an excellent H&S environment. As an Electrical and Instrumental Technician, working a 4 on, 6 off shift pattern, you will play a key part in ensuring that our fast-paced papermaking machines operate effectively to meet the demands of a 24/7 production environment.
You will be accountable for defined maintenance activities based on both predictive and preventative maintenance to ensure both key performance indicators (KPI's) and site objectives are met.
We're looking for an enthusiastic and committed qualified Multi-Skilled Technician who would embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our processes, production and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

What You Will Do
With a good safety focus you will be responsible for defined preventive and predictive maintenance on our paper machines. Trouble shoot equipment/process problems to root cause in conjunction with team members to ensure the rapid resolution of problems.
Day to day, you will be hands on working to key performance indicators (KPIs) ensuring that through continuous improvement activity as well as planned maintenance, the objectives are met, which may include out of hours support. You will also support and coach colleagues in handling various technical issues.
You will work to all company standards including safety and quality; and work on medium and longer-term projects to improve the efficiencies of the mill.

Who You Are
As a Technician, you will have:
* Proven Electrical, Mechanical and instrumentation experience in a heavy industry, manufacturing or process environment
* Completed a recognised electrical engineering apprenticeship preferably with a City & Guilds or equivalent NVQ 3 qualification
* Proven experience in maintaining complex automated manufacturing systems and equipment
* Strong troubleshooting skills for technical issues with the ability to problem solve using root cause analysis
* Proven fault-finding skills
* Knowledge of process instrumentation
* Knowledge of pneumatic/hydraulic components
* Be a driven team player with good planning and mentoring skills
* Ability to plan and work to tight timelines while managing several tasks
* Strong communication skills
* Strong PC skills (excel, word, project)

Although not essential, the following would be desirable:
* Relevant HNC level qualification
* High Voltage experience
* Knowledge of boiler & burner systems
* Mobile Elevated Working Platforms (MEWPS) Licence
* Papermaking experience

What We Can Offer You
At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. We offer a competitive salary, bonus scheme, company contributory pension, private medical cover and heavily discounted staff product sales.

Collaborative and caring Work Environment | Empowerment | Job Impact | Work with a Powerful Purpose | Individual Learning and Development | Health & Safety | Social Responsibility | Innovation

Application End Date:

20 Aug 2026

Job Requisition ID:
Essity264156