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It’s our mission to provide the most advanced and highest quality manufacturing and production facilities in the UK. With an ambitious growth plan, enabled by our industry-leading international experience and the most innovative, sustainable technologies, we bring a team of industry professionals who will grow with the business and a commitment to developing sites with a rich heritage of their own.
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Electrical and Instrumentation Support Technician
Shotton Mill, Deeside
We're seeking a talented and motivated Electrical and Instrumentation Support Technician to join our innovative team in North Wales. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and contribute to our mission to provide the most advanced and highest quality manufacturing and production facilities in the UK. With an ambitious growth plan, enabled by our industry-leading international experience and the most innovative and sustainable technologies, we are seeking industry professionals who will grow with the business and create a sustainable future operation.
What you'll do:
- Working with the Central Engineering Department with a strong focus on reliability and preventative maintenance. Carrying our maintenance activities associated with the Shotton Mill site including Containerboard and Tissue Machines, Winders, Stock Preparation, Effluent Treatment Plant, Biomass Boiler Plant, CHP Plant, and all site facilities and services.
- Perform site wide routine inspection, corrective and preventative maintenance of the plant and equipment, logging equipment parameters and defects as necessary to establish trends and abnormality reports that will assist in the evaluation of plant performance and machinery uptimes.
- Consistently involved with routing and preventative maintenance programmes for all maintenance systems within the mill that is within your area of competence as directed through the SAP work order system and the 7-day weekly plan. Specific areas of expected competencies will be as covered within the department skills matrix. Including areas of pumps, Motors, MCC, VSD, Instrumentation, Control Valves, DCS, PLC, Site Electrical Services, CCTV, Fire Alarm, Access Systems, Pneumatics, Hydraulics and E&I controlled and powered equipment.
- Responding to breakdowns and supporting the Engineering Team with corrective action. Carrying out preventative maintenance routines and scheduled maintenance tasks. • Assisting with the repair of critical and non-critical spare parts. Undertaking necessary improvements, modifications and upgrades of equipment and system
- This position requires an urgency to respond to breakdowns that have an immediate effect on plant safety, environmental release or plant performance, with safety being the key focus, the individual must work quickly towards the resolution of any immediate problems.
What you'll bring:
- HNC/ONC desirable but not essential
- Previous experience within manufacturing industry desirable.
- A desire to train and develop, a self-motivated learner with a passion to develop themselves into further positions.
- Being a Self-starter and hard working with the ability to work as a team player and grow with the Business
- Ability to work in a changing environment with a flexible approach.
- Good knowledge and understanding of health and safety
Closing Date: 22nd February 2026
* Applications received will be shared with our principal recruiter Mechspan.
Welder/Fabricator
Shotton Mill, Deeside
We're seeking a talented and motivated Welder/Fabricator to join our innovative team in Deeside, North Wales. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and contribute to our mission to provide the most advanced and highest quality manufacturing and production facilities in the UK. With an ambitious growth plan, enabled by our industry-leading international experience and the most innovative and sustainable technologies, we are seeking industry professionals who will grow with the business and create a sustainable future operation.
What you'll do:
- Working with the Mechanical side of the Engineering Department, with a strong focus on quality to ensure reliability and longevity of maintenance activities. With an prime focus on excellent safety practices to meet and exceed current legislation and best practice guidelines.
- Perform all maintenance activities within your capabilities associated with all areas of the Shotton Mill site, including paper machines, winders, stock preparation plant, effluent treatment, biomass boilers and CHP. Also including all facilities and services.
- Provide support to the wider maintenance team and undertake some basic maintenance fitting activities alongside the technicians.
- Provide efficient and effective response to breakdowns which have an immediate effect on plant and person safety, environmental release, or plant performance.
- Provide support with regular preventative maintenance routines, scheduled maintenance tasks and the repair of critical and non-critical spare parts.
- Be part of the site expert team for welding and fabrication, completing the necessary improvement and corrective tasks to a high standard, whilst ensuring safety is paramount at all the time.
- Responsible for the housekeeping of the welding workshop and all welding and fabrication equipment, ensuring a 5S standard at all times and all equipment is in good, safe working order.
- Be involved in and action and workshop improvement initiatives.
- Assisting in reporting and analytics, to ensure reliability and continuous improvement.
What you'll bring:
- Extensive experience of MIG/TIG welding with the ability to evidence this.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings effectively.
- Fabrication experience and the ability to use a range of fabrication machines and techniques.
- Experience of the manufacturing industry and other engineering machinery.
- Being a Self-starter and hard working with the ability to work as a team player and grow with the Business
- Ability to work in a changing environment with a flexible approach.
- Good knowledge and understanding of health and safety
Closing Date: 22nd February 2026
* Applications received will be shared with our principal recruiter Mechspan.
Process Control Engineer
Shotton Mill, Deeside
We're seeking a talented and motivated Process Control Engineer to join our innovative team in Deeside, North Wales. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and contribute to our mission to provide the most advanced and highest quality manufacturing and production facilities in the UK. With an ambitious growth plan, enabled by our industry-leading international experience and the most innovative and sustainable technologies, we are seeking industry professionals who will grow with the business and create a sustainable future operation.
What you'll do:
- Supporting the entire of the Shotton Mill site as part of the Engineering Department, with the integration between the Process Control Systems and the IT Network.
- Working with the Senior Process Control Engineer to provide front line and background diagnostic support and competent fault-finding capabilities across a range of specialist paper machine software and associate systems hardware.
- Work with a strong focus on safety, reliability and preventative driven maintenance to provide proactive approach.
- Perform all maintenance activities within your capabilities associated with all areas of the Shotton Mill site, including paper machines, winders, stock preparation plant, effluent treatment, biomass boilers and CHP. Also including all facilities and services.
- Provide efficient and effective response to breakdowns which have an immediate effect on plant and person safety, environmental release, or plant performance.
- Provide support with regular preventative maintenance routines, scheduled maintenance tasks and the repair of critical and non-critical spare parts.
- Be part of the site expert team for Process Controls, completing the necessary improvement and corrective tasks to a high standard, whilst ensuring safety is paramount at all the time.
- Providing specialist engineering support to the manufacturing production lines, which include – Containerboard and Tissue Paper Machines, Gas and Biofuel CHP and Biogas Effluent treatment plant and other control-based site systems.
- For the paper machines, you will be working with DCS, QCS, WIS, WMS, condition monitoring, roll handling and warehouse systems.
- Supporting all site control systems, including Valmet DNA and Siemens PCS7. • Provide diagnostic support and competent fault-finding capabilities across a range of specialist software and associated systems hardware. [Şirkete Özel / Internal Only]
- Completion of regular preventative maintenance routines, scheduled maintenance tasks and the repair of critical and non-critical spare parts.
- Responding to breakdowns and corrective action that involve process control systems. • Writing/maintaining onsite procedures and risk assessments. Maintaining and updating electrical and instrumentation documentation.
What you'll bring:
- You will either have completed or in the process of completing an Engineering Degree or have equivalent experience.
- You will have completed a 4+ year Apprenticeship scheme and educated to HNC level or above in Electrical/ Electronic/ Instrumentation or equivalent.
- Previous experience of working with Process Control systems in a manufacturing environment.
- Being a Self-starter and hard working with the ability to work as a team player and grow with the Business
- Ability to work in a changing environment with a flexible approach.
- Good knowledge and understanding of health and safety
Closing Date: 22nd February 2026
* Applications received will be shared with our principal recruiter Mechspan.
Development
Eren is looking for skilled and engaged individuals who want to develop and grow their skills. Teamwork is fundamental in all we do. We want to build diverse teams who want to continue to develop and grow their skills to support the business, to deliver results through advanced lean practices and state of the art assets. The current development is just phase one of an ambitious growth plan in the UK.
Apprentices/trainee
As an Engineering Apprentice at Shotton Mill, you will gain technical, hands-on skill with our most experienced engineers on site, many of whom started as apprentices themselves. You will gain workplace experience and knowledge whilst gaining your qualifications and attending college. As the repurposing project gets underway, you will work alongside our engineers in doing the work to ensure the project is successful. You will be encouraged and guided with your learning, with ample support on site to aid with your development.
Caring community
Our local recycling and energy generation initiatives not only enhance our efficiency, but also benefit our local communities.
We are passionate in our commitment to rejuvenating communities that each have a rich heritage of their own.
This understanding allows us to align the needs and ambitions of communities around our sites with those of the company — in a virtuous circle that benefits all.
Policies
It is Shotton Mill Limited’s policy to recruit employees to meet the developing needs of the organisation using professional, thorough, and fair procedures. To recruit people who are, in its opinion, best qualified to fill its requirements having regard to company standards and the potential value of candidates to the company. We endeavour to promote internal applicants wherever possible and give existing employees every opportunity for career development and ensure the best person for each vacancy regardless of sex, race, creed, age, disability, marital status and political beliefs.