Shift Maintenance Engineer
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SHIFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
Posted: 15th January 2026
Salary: Subject to Qualifications and Experience
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. and Monday to Thursday, 1.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m., weekly rotation. Sunday night start up once/twice a month – 10.30 p.m. to 6.30 a.m.
Job Type: Permanent
Deadline: Open
Established in 1923, VIP-Polymers Ltd has been at the forefront of polymer engineering and are now recognised as one of the leading global providers of sealing solutions for a number of applications:
- Pipelines, for the transportation of drinking and dirty water
- Tunnels, ensuring they remain watertight
- Rail, having developed a number of sealing, noise suppression, and anti-vibration components
Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen at our Huntingdon site for a Multi-Skilled Shift Maintenance Engineer to be part of our Maintenance Team. If you are looking to progress your career, we have the position for you.
The Shift Maintenance Team is a crucial part of the business, ensuring the factory equipment continues to run efficiently and keeping production downtime to a minimum. The Shift Maintenance Engineer will undertake fault finding and repair of injection moulding, compression moulding and extrusion presses as well as assisting with the Planned Preventative Maintenance.
Profile
The successful candidate will be electrically or mechanically qualified with experience of hydraulics, pneumatics, welding and/or fabrication. If you have these qualities, we would like to hear from you.
Salary will be commensurate subject to the level of qualifications and experience of the successful candidate
Company Benefits
VIP are passionate about our people and strives to develop our staff so that they reach their full potential. We offer a competitive benefits package including:
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Contributory pension plan and free life assurance
- Long service rewards
- Company sick pay scheme
- Free eye examinations
- Free onsite parking and company uniform
Please send a copy of your CV to: Personnel & Development Manager
VIP Polymers Ltd
15 Windover Road
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 7EB
