Automation Maintenance Engineer

Royal Mail; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading postal service provider is seeking an Automation Maintenance Technician for their Birmingham Mail Centre. This full-time role involves maintaining automation assets to ensure optimal operational performance. The ideal candidate has multi-skilled engineering qualifications in both electrical and mechanical fields, with a focus on safety and problem-solving. The estimated earnings exceed £56,000 annually with additional shift allowances. Night and weekend shifts are part of the role's schedule.

Benefits

Night shift allowance

22.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme

Weekend supplement for Saturday and Sunday shifts

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance tasks for automation equipment.
• Ability to perform preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance tasks on automation assets.
• Support Engineering Manager and Maintenance Team Leader.
• Identify root causes of automation breakdowns.

Skills

Electrical engineering knowledge

Mechanical engineering knowledge

Health & Safety compliance

Problem-solving skills

Team collaboration

Education

ONC Electrical Engineering / NVQ Level 3

Job description

Overview

Autom Automation Maintenance Technician at Birmingham Mail Centre, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4AB. Shift patterns include nights, lates, and earlies as part of a 41-hour week full-time role. Royal Mail is investing in new parcel processing technology and this role contributes to maintaining automation assets to meet operational processing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance tasks, including preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance
• Performing continuous improvement activities
• Provide effective and efficient support to the Engineering Manager, Maintenance Team Leader and Engineering Team Coaches, completion of end of shift reports, fault logging and data entry
• Identify the root cause of automation breakdowns and prioritize corrective actions to meet operational processing requirements
• Monitor equipment performance and improve automation outputs in collaboration with operational stakeholders
• Identifying and working on Continuous Improvement projects, conception to implementation ownership, for machinery in the Hub/ Mail Centre
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team to achieve common goals

About you / Qualifications

• As an experienced multi-skilled engineer you'll be qualified in electrical and mechanical engineering (minimum ONC Electrical Engineering / NVQ Level 3 - or equivalent)
• Understanding Health & Safety legislation, you'll have first-hand experience of maintaining automation equipment with a flexible approach and the ability to communicate complex issues effectively
• You are required to have a full UK driving licence as on occasion you may be asked to travel to other sites

What happens next?

After initial application, any shortlisted candidates will be required to attend an interview, incorporating practical and verbal assessments. You'll also be asked to supply proof any quoted formal qualifications at this interview.

About Us

Five centuries in business has made Royal Mail more than a household name. We connect companies, customers, and communities across the country, delivering a one-price-goes-anywhere universal postal service to more than 29 million addresses across the UK. Our market is changing, but as one of the UK's leading companies we are focused on achieving our vision of being recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe. We want to be more commercial, flexible, and efficient and are employing our strong brand and a range of new products and services to achieve this.

Any applicant will be expected to fully embrace RM core values and actively contribute to its positive culture. Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these.

We are now recruiting for Automation Maintenance Technician at our Birmingham Mail Centre, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4AB site. In this role your potential earning will be over £56,000 per annum. Salary: £53,195 per annum, plus night shift allowance, 22.5 days annual leave with bank holidays and a defined contribution pension scheme. A weekend supplement for Saturday (£53.14 per attendance) and Sunday (£106.28 per attendance) shift attendance is applicable. The successful candidate will be required to follow the Birmingham shift rotation system, as outlined below with some degree of voluntary flexibility to meet our 24/7 operational needs on occasion, including voluntary overtime coverage and occasional shift pattern flexibility. The role will, cover early, late and night shifts.

Shifts include: Nights 20:00 - 07:30, Lates 13:00 - 22:30, Earlies 07:00 - 14:30 (Mon-Fri) with 08:00 - 18:30 Sat and 07:00 - 15:30 Sun; Week off. Nights 20:00 - 07:30 Saturday.