Service Engineer

Everi, Inc.; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Hub Maintenance Engineer to join their Rugby Hub Team. The role involves working as a multi-skilled engineer focusing on electrical tasks, responding to maintenance needs quickly, and collaborating with contractors. Ideal candidates will have experience with PLCs and automation, and an engineering qualification. The job offers a dynamic shift pattern and involves using advanced systems for maintenance across critical hub operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG, automotive or manufacturing sites is beneficial.
• Knowledge of drivers, belts, motors, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
• Ability to learn new skills and work pro-actively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quick response times to minimize downtime on mission critical equipment.
• Assist in planning and specifying frequencies for planned maintenance.
• Liaise with operational management and external contractors.

Skills

Fault finding across PLCs

Electrical knowledge

Mechanical knowledge

Experience in automation

Education

Qualification in engineering discipline (City & Guilds)

Tools

Siemens PLCs

SCADA systems

General maintenance equipment

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Hub Maintenance Engineer to join our Rugby Hub Team. To join us at our Hub, you will be a multi-skilled engineer, ideally with an electrical bias. On a day to day basis you will report into our senior engineer who will assign PPM and project work across the shift. Some experience of fault finding across PLCs would be beneficial in addition to your 18th edition wiring regs. Come and join the Evri team! You’ll be joining a team of engineers, working across a Panama shift pattern (2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off) across days and nights, who are responsible for reactive maintenance and PPM across the hub. The vacancy involves limited facilities work. Our hub is filled with cutting edge kit and systems including: Beumer sorters, Interroll sorter, carousel conveyors (EXPD, ASTEC, LAC), Caljan and Sovex boom conveyors, Lenze drives, Profinet systems, SICK and EXPD camera systems. Once you’ve been assigned your work projects it will be up to you to decide the best approach and pro‑actively find solutions to complex issues. You may work with external engineers on certain projects as well as wider optimisation groups and continuous improvement work. You do not have to have worked in a distribution centre; if you have experience of working multi‑skilled in an FMCG, automotive or manufacturing site and you believe that you have the transferable and ability to learn new skills, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• To ensure downtime on mission critical equipment is kept to a minimum by ensuring quick response times and good working practices.
• Communicate and liaise with operational management, machine minders and others as necessary.
• To assist in the planning, detailing and specifying frequencies for planned maintenance.
• Liaison and monitoring of external contractors on site.
• To be aware of technical developments as applicable to the functions supported in the hub, making recommendations to the senior engineer, engineering / hub manager as appropriate.
• A qualification in an engineering discipline (i.e. City & Guilds) or be able to demonstrate experience and skill learnt.
• Experience and knowledge in automation is essential.
• Electrical with mechanical knowledge of drivers, belts, motors, pneumatics, hydraulics, compressors, dock levellers, roller shutter doors, bar code camera/scanner systems and general maintenance equipment.
• Appreciation of:
  • Siemens PLC's HW & SW
  • Programming units
  • Interbus S field networks HW & SW
  • Distributed I/O systems
  • Computer architecture
  • SCADA systems
  • Electronic field devices
  • System control hierarchy