Shift Engineer

Computacenter PLC; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter PLC is seeking an experienced Shift Engineer to join their MHE maintenance team in Hatfield. The role focuses on electrical maintenance of material handling equipment, fault finding on PLCs, and timely upkeep to ensure equipment reliability.

The position requires on-site work five days a week with shifts from 06:00–14:00 and 14:00–22:00. Candidates should have a strong electrical background, be proactive, and uphold health and safety standards within a production environment.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Good communication 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.

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
• Provide emergency response for essential equipment breakdowns
• 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

Fault rectification

Health & Safety

Communication skills

Working at heights

Interpersonal skills

Education

City & Guilds/BTEC in Electrical Engineering

Job description

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.

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

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

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
• Provide emergency response for essential equipment breakdowns
• 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

• 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
• Good communication 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

Desirable

• City & Guilds/BTEC in Electrical Engineering
• Basic mechanical skills
• Working knowledge of automated materials handling equipment

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.