Automation Maintenance Technician

Royal Mail; Crick; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Night shift allowance

22.5 days annual leave

Defined contribution pension

Weekend attendance bonus

Job summary

Royal Mail is recruiting an Automation Maintenance Engineer for the Midlands Super Hub in Crick to safeguard and optimise cutting-edge automation systems. The role covers a 40-hour week with a rotating shift pattern, including nights and weekends as required to meet 24/7 operations.

You will perform preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance, drive improvements from concept to implementation, and collaborate with engineering leaders to log faults and produce reports.

Qualifications

• Qualified in electrical and mechanical engineering, with relevant site experience.
• Experience maintaining automation equipment, ideally with PLC knowledge.
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation and safe working practices.
• A proactive team player who can work independently.

Responsibilities

• Keep automation assets performing through preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
• Drive continuous improvement projects from concept to implementation.
• Collaborate with Engineering Manager and team leaders; complete reports and log faults.
• Diagnose and resolve automation breakdowns quickly to keep operations running.
• Monitor performance and work with stakeholders to boost output.
• Take ownership of continuous improvement projects focused on hub machinery.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

PLC knowledge

Health & Safety

Education

ONC Electrical Engineering

NVQ Level 3

Job description

Are you a skilled multi-disciplinary engineer looking for a role that challenges and rewards? We’re seeking a Automation Maintenance Engineer, at our Midlands Super Hub, Dirft Drive, Crick, NN6 7GZ site, to ensure the smooth running of our cutting-edge automation systems.

Royal Mail is undergoing one of the biggest technological transformations in its history, moving to a predominantly mechanised parcel sortation process. With a major investment in state-of-the-art automation technology, this is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future of delivery services in an ever-growing e-commerce society.

In this role your potential earning will be over £54,000 per annum.

Salary & Benefits

• £54,791 per annum
• plus night shift allowance
• 22.5 days annual leave with bank holidays
• defined contribution pension scheme
• A weekend supplement for Saturday (£54.73 per attendance) and Sunday (£109.47 per attendance) shift attendance is applicable.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Shift attendance equates to 40.00 hours per week - Full time.

The successful candidate will be required to follow the location’s shift rotation system, as outlined below with some degree of 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

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

• Keep our automation assets performing at their best through preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
• Drive continuous improvement projects from concept to implementation.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager and team leaders, completing reports and logging faults.
• Diagnose and resolve automation breakdowns quickly to keep operations flowing.
• Monitor performance and work with stakeholders to boost output.
• Take ownership of Continuous Improvement projects — from concept to implementation — focused on enhancing machinery performance in our Hub/Mail Centre.

About You

• Qualified in electrical and mechanical engineering (minimum ONC Electrical Engineering / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
• Experienced in maintaining automation equipment, ideally with PLC knowledge.
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation.
• A proactive team player who can also work independently.
• Full manual UK driving licence (for occasional travel to other sites).

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.

Job reference number 339616