Shift Engineer

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG is seeking an experienced Shift Engineer to join our team in Hatfield. You will perform electrical maintenance on material handling equipment and diagnose PLC faults, ensuring timely fault resolution and planned maintenance.

The role requires on-site presence five days a week and strong safety awareness. The ideal candidate has a solid electrical background, experience with PLCs, and the ability to work in a production environment with high standards.

Qualifications

• Qualified and time-served technician with strong electrical background.
• Experience in fault finding and rectification in a demanding production environment.
• Previous experience with PLCs is advantageous.
• Experience in maintaining automated materials handling equipment or similar.

Responsibilities

• Electrical maintenance of material handling equipment.
• PLC and three-phase fault finding and testing.
• Respond promptly to machine faults and carry out planned maintenance on a scheduled basis.
• Ensure regular maintenance of machinery and equipment to the highest standards.
• Actively identify and rectify defects in a timely manner.
• Support with facilities when required.
• Complete time sheets, task sheets, and manage stock control.
• Order consumables and manage administrative tasks.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

PLC fault finding

Three-phase testing

MHE equipment maintenance

Health & Safety

Education

City & Guilds/BTEC in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Fault-finding tools

Industrial PLCs

Job description

Location: UK - Hatfield | Job-ID: 219607 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Facilities

Life on the team

We are seeking an experienced Shift Engineer to join our dedicated team at Computacenter. In this role, you will work to ensure that the highest standards in maintenance are consistently achieved. As part of the MHE department, you will be involved in maintaining and servicing a range of systems and effective recovery/rectification of any faults/planned maintenance on the MHE equipment.

Shift patterns are;- 06:00am-14:00pm AND 14:00pm-22:00pm

The successful applicant will be required to be onsite in our head office(Hatfield) 5 days a week, working shift patterns.

What You'll Do

• Electrical maintenance of material handling equipment
• PLC and three-phase fault finding and testing
• Respond promptly to machine faults and carry out planned maintenance on a scheduled basis
• Ensure regular maintenance of machinery and equipment to the highest standards
• Actively identify and rectify defects in a timely manner
• Support with facilities when required
• Complete time sheets, task sheets, and manage stock control
• Order consumables and manage administrative tasks

What You'll Need

• Qualified and time-served technician with strong electrical background
• Experienced in fault finding and rectification in a demanding production environment
• Previous experience of working with PLCs an advantage
• Experience in maintaining automated materials handling equipment or similar
• Self-motivated and flexible with excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to work at heights
• Astute practical awareness of Health and Safety principles
• Health & Safety qualification or training in the use of high bay racking access equipment and controlled descent rescue procedures
• City & Guilds/BTEC in Electrical Engineering
• Basic mechanical skills
• Working knowledge of automated materials handling equipment

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

We’re a place where you can belong

With over 21,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier‑free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the skills and experience we need.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments. Please let us know when you apply.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!