Engineering Technician

Pets at Home; Stafford; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet service provider in the United Kingdom is seeking an Engineering Technician at its Fulfilment Centre in Stafford. You will be responsible for maintaining a range of equipment, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and supporting operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have experience in electrical and mechanical disciplines, with a focus on material handling equipment. This full-time role offers competitive pay and a range of benefits, including leave and health insurance.

Benefits

Attractive rates of pay

Annual Leave with increase after 2 years

Extra day's holiday on birthday

Stakeholder pension plan

Personal Health Insurance

Life assurance

20% Pets at Home discount scheme

Pets' Treats voluntary benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience with planned preventative maintenance systems.
• Experience fault finding within MHE and automation systems.
• Experience interpreting mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Experience of conveyor maintenance and motor controllers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned preventative maintenance on site equipment.
• React quickly to equipment breakdowns and communicate effectively.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage contractor operations.

Skills

Multi-skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines

Experience with planned preventative maintenance systems

Fault finding within MHE

Interpreting mechanical and electrical drawings

Conveyor maintenance

Experience with motor controllers and inverters

Sortation machines

Maintaining bar code scanners

Fault finding on building equipment

Education

Served a full engineering indentured apprenticeship or NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Engineering Technician - Stafford

Position summary: Our Fulfilment Centre in Stafford includes a high degree of automation, featuring an automated storage and retrieval system and associated conveyance, designed to streamline and improve the existing e-commerce side of the business. We are looking to recruit engineering technicians with experience in the maintenance of MHE (materials handling equipment) and other assets to complement the operation of the facility.

Salary: 47,000 + 10% shift allowance | 40.25 hrs per week | 4 on 4 off, 12 hr shifts, days and nights rotation

Our aim is to give the nation's pets what they need to be at their best. We are motivated to find the best talent in the Logistics & Distribution industry.

Key Responsibilities

• To put health & safety best practices first in all work conducted, ensuring compliance with all health & safety standards and regulations.
• To conduct planned preventative maintenance on the full range of equipment within the site.
• To react quickly to breakdowns, and to communicate clearly with affected parties and to work efficiently to fix the issue.
• To support continuous improvement by learning from breakdowns and sending feedback and suggestions for improvements through the line manager.
• To provide prominent levels of equipment availability to our internal customers.
• To support the management of contractors.

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Experience with planned preventative maintenance systems.
• Experience fault finding within MHE (Material Handling Equipment) / Automation systems.
• Experience interpreting both mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Experience of conveyor maintenance, motor controllers / inverters.
• Served a full engineering indentured apprenticeship and / or qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
• Experience of sortation machines.
• Experience in maintaining / configuring bar code scanners.
• Experience with print and apply machines.
• Experience in fault finding on building equipment (HVAC, dock doors, plumbing, electrical and general building maintenance tasks).

Benefits

• Attractive rates of pay.
• Annual Leave (including Bank holidays), with an increase after 2 years continuous service.
• Extra day's holiday on birthday.
• Stakeholder pension plan.
• Personal Health Insurance scheme (if in Pension Scheme).
• Life assurance.
• 20% Pets at Home discount scheme after 12 weeks service.
• Pets' "Treats" voluntary benefits package.

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Please note that we reserve the right to close this job advertisement prior to the stated closing date if suitable candidates are identified.

We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications promptly.

We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this.

They are not biased, and they do not discriminate.

Pets just see people.