Maintenance Engineer

Gap Technical Ltd; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Technical Ltd is recruiting a Maintenance Engineer for a Gloucester site. The role offers £40 per hour with day and night shifts on a 4 on 4 off pattern in a highly automated warehouse environment.

The successful candidate will provide electrical and multi‑skilled maintenance to support reliability of automated material handling systems, cranes, conveyors, and sensors, while ensuring safe operation and compliance with permits to work.

Qualifications

• Time-served engineer or demonstrable industry experience.
• Strong electrical bias with automated warehouse/ intralogistics experience.
• Experience with Siemens/Allen‑Bradley PLC fault-finding and 3‑phase systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide reactive breakdown support to minimise downtime across automated warehouse systems.
• Carry out planned and preventative maintenance per site schedules.
• Diagnose electrical faults using schematics, diagnostics, and asset history.
• Identify and rectify recurring faults, implement permanent corrective actions.
• Maintain and optimise automated material handling equipment (cranes, conveyors, sorters, motors, gearboxes, drives, sensors).
• Perform PLC fault-finding to support rapid system recovery.
• Support system reliability, uptime, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, controls, and safety teams for safe operations.
• Support equipment modifications, shutdowns, commissioning, and refurbishment activities.
• Adhere to site health, safety, and permit-to-work systems.

Skills

Time-served engineer

Electrical bias

PLC fault-finding

Siemens

Allen-Bradley

Automation experience

3-phase systems

Motors & drives

Sensors

Independent worker

Communication

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

Job description

Maintenance Engineer - Gloucester

£40 per hour

Days/Nights

gap technical are representing a market-leading automated logistics and warehousing business seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer to provide contract maintenance engineering services at their Gloucester site.

The successful engineer will provide electrical and multi-skilled maintenance engineering services to support the reliability, availability, and performance of highly automated warehouse and material handling systems.

Performance Objectives

• Provision of reactive breakdown support to minimise unplanned downtime across automated warehouse systems
• Execution of planned and preventative maintenance activities aligned with site maintenance schedules
• Electrical fault diagnosis using schematics, diagnostics, and asset history
• Identification and rectification of recurring equipment faults, including implementation of permanent corrective actions
• Maintenance and optimisation of automated material handling equipment, including cranes conveyors, sortation systems, , motors, gearboxes, drives, and sensors
• PLC fault-finding and interrogation to support rapid fault resolution and system recovery
• Support for system reliability, uptime, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaboration with operations, engineering, controls, and safety teams to ensure safe and efficient warehouse operation
• Support for equipment modifications, upgrades, shutdowns, commissioning, and refurbishment activities
• All services delivered in compliance with site health, safety, and permit-to-work systems

Profile

• Time-served engineer or demonstrable equivalent industry experience
• Strong electrical bias with proven experience in automated warehouse, intralogistics, distribution, or FMCG environments
• Proven capability working with: 3-phase electrical systems, Motors, drives, inverters, sensors, and safety circuits, PLC fault-finding (Siemens, Allen Bradley, or similar), Automated material handling and warehouse control systems, Previous experience providing services as a maintenance engineering contractor
• Able to manage workload and priorities independently, working with minimal direction
• Strong communication skills when liaising with site stakeholders

Availability to support a 4 on 4 off day shift pattern

This contract opportunity is advertised by gap technical, operating as an employment business. Selection is based solely on suitability to provide the services described.

Closing Date: 23/11/2026