Automation Maintenance Technician

TN United Kingdom; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as an Automation Maintenance Technician at a prominent mail center in Gateshead. Join a company undergoing significant technological transformation, focusing on mechanized parcel sortation. You'll be pivotal in ensuring the performance and availability of automation assets while driving continuous improvement initiatives. This role offers full-time hours with a structured shift pattern and competitive salary, along with numerous benefits including a defined contribution pension scheme and generous annual leave. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to contribute to a forward-thinking organization, this is the role for you!

Benefits

Night Shift Allowance

22.5 Days Annual Leave

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Weekend Shift Supplement

Qualifications

• Experienced multi-skilled engineer with qualifications in electrical and mechanical engineering.
• Understanding of Health & Safety legislation and experience with automation equipment.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance tasks including preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
• Identify root causes of automation breakdowns and prioritize corrective actions.
• Support Engineering Manager and complete end of shift reports.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Preventative Maintenance

Continuous Improvement

Health & Safety Compliance

Education

ONC Electrical Engineering

NVQ Level 3

Job description

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Automation Maintenance Technician, Gateshead

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Client:

Royal mail

Location:

Gateshead, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

We are now recruiting for Automation Maintenance Technician at our Tyneside Mail Centre, Earlsway Tvte, Gateshead, NE11 0YY site.

Salary: £51,051 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 (£51 per attendance) and Sunday (£102 per attendance) shift attendance is applicable.

The successful candidate will be required to follow the Tyneside Mail Centreshift 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.

When you start, you will work day shifts from 07:00 to 15:00, Monday to Friday, for up to four weeks before moving onto shift.

Typical shift pattern:

Week off

Nights - 18:00 – 06:00 Monday – Thursday

Days - 06:00 – 18:00 Monday – Wednesday / Nights - 18:00 – 06:00 Friday to Sunday

Days - 06:00 – 18:00 Thursday to Sunday

Royal Mail is engaged in one of the biggest technological changes in its history, transitioning to a predominantly mechanised parcel sortation process. It’s a very exciting time to join us! To facilitate this change, a huge organisation wide investment in new parcel processing technology is in progress, with the necessary associated investment in engineering. You’ll have a unique opportunity to be a part of this exciting programme, creating a delivery service provider for the future and able to meet customer demand in the emerging “e-commerce” society. A significant opportunity for anyone wishing to further their careers through dedicated commitment.

The Role

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

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

Key aspects of the role include:

• 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, along with a flexible approach and the ability to communicate complex issues effectively.You will have a passion for driving continuous improvement activities.

You will be willing to work towards obtaining a City and Guilds 2391 & 2392 testing and inspection certification.

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.

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