Automation Maintenance Engineer

Royal Mail Group; Crick; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading postal and delivery service provider in the UK, located in Crick, is seeking an Automation Maintenance Technician to maintain automation assets and ensure operational efficiency. Responsibilities include performing maintenance tasks and supporting the engineering team. Candidates must have electrical and mechanical engineering qualifications. The position offers competitive salary with night shift allowances and potential bonuses.

Benefits

Night shift allowance

Annual leave

Defined contribution pension scheme

Welcome bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining automation equipment.
• Flexible approach to work and strong initiative.
• Ability to communicate effectively in engineering contexts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability and performance of automation assets.
• Perform maintenance tasks including preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Support Engineering Manager and complete shift reports.
• Identify root causes of automation breakdowns.
• Monitor equipment performance and improve outputs.

Skills

Electrical and mechanical engineering

Understanding Health & Safety legislation

Communication of complex issues

Continuous Improvement projects

Education

ONC Electrical Engineering / NVQ Level 3

Job description

Overview

We are now recruiting for Automation Maintenance Technician at our Midlands Super Hub, Dirft Drive, Crick, NN6 7GZ site.

In this role your potential earning will be over £52,500 per annum.

Details

Salary: £51,051 plus night shift allowance of £2,500 per annum, 22.5 days annual leave (15 shifts) plus bank holidays and a defined contribution pension scheme. A weekend supplement for Saturday (£51 per attendance) and Sunday (£102 per attendance) shift attendance is applicable.

You may be eligible for a welcome bonus of £1,500*

*Payments are made in instalments and subject to terms and conditions.

The successful candidate will be required to follow the Midlands Superhub shift rotation system, 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 an 8 week rota of 2 weeks days and 2 weeks nights and will include weekend working example rota below.

Panama shift pattern - Days - 06:30 - 18:30 | Nights - 18:30 - 06:30 | Days - 07:00 - 19:00 | Nights - 19:00 - 07:00

The Role

Shift attendance equates to 40 hours per week - Full time.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of automation assets through completion of effective maintenance procedures.
• 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

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. Controls engineering and Auto Guided Vehicle (AGV) experience would be an advantage.

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 of 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.

Job reference number 327246

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 with your recruiter when contacted.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/