Automation Maintenance Technician

Royal Mail Group; Newtownabbey; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK delivery company in Newtownabbey seeks an Automation Maintenance Technician. This role involves performing maintenance on automation machinery, ensuring availability, and executing continuous improvement projects. The ideal candidate is a multi-skilled engineer with relevant electrical and mechanical qualifications, and must be flexible for varying shifts. Offering competitive salary and benefits, this full-time position is critical to enhancing operational performance.

Qualifications

• First-hand experience of maintaining automation equipment.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety legislation.
• Ability to cover rotational shifts.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance on automation assets.
• Conduct continuous improvement activities.
• Support Engineering Manager and team with reports and logging.

Skills

multi-skilled engineering

communication of complex issues

problem-solving

flexibility in shift coverage

Education

ONC Electrical Engineering / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

Electrical Testing Qualification

Job description

Job Summary

We are recruiting an Automation Maintenance Technician at the Northern Ireland Mail Centre, Newtownabbey, BT36 4HQ. The expected salary is £53,195 per annum plus night shift allowance and weekend supplement. Attendance is full‑time, covering early, late, night and weekend shifts on a rotational basis.

The Role

Shift attendance equates to 40 hours per week. The role involves ensuring the availability and performance of automation assets through effective maintenance procedures.

• Perform maintenance tasks, including preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance.
• Perform continuous improvement activities.
• Provide support to the Engineering Manager, Maintenance Team Leader and Engineering Team Coaches, completing end‑of‑shift reports, fault logging and data entry.
• Identify the root cause of automation breakdowns and prioritise corrective actions.
• Monitor equipment performance and improve automation outputs in collaboration with operational stakeholders.
• Identify and work on continuous improvement projects from conception to implementation ownership for machinery in the hub/mail centre.
• Work on own initiative and as part of a team to achieve common goals.

About You

You should have:

• An experienced multi‑skilled engineer.
• Qualification in electrical and mechanical engineering (minimum ONC Electrical Engineering / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
• First‑hand experience of maintaining automation equipment with a flexible approach and ability to communicate complex issues effectively.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety legislation, particularly engineering safety.
• Flexibility to cover early, late, night and weekend shifts on a rotational basis.
• Electrical testing qualification (beneficial). 

Closing date

Tuesday 2nd December

What Happens Next

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview, including practical and verbal assessments. Proof of formal qualifications must be supplied.

About Us

Royal Mail Group is one of the UK’s leading delivery companies, with a history of 500 years in business. We connect companies, customers and communities across the country, delivering a one‑price‑goes‑anywhere universal postal service to more than 29 million addresses throughout the UK. Our market is changing, but as a leading company we remain 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 embrace Royal Mail core values and 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, including applications from cadet instructors and spouses/partners within the Armed Forces community.

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 visit https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/.

Job reference number

332890