Multiskilled Engineering Technician

Mars
Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire
6 months ago
Applications closed

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Automation Engineer

Arla Foods Wiltshire, United Kingdom
On-site

RME Mechatronics Apprentice - South East Locations 2026

Amazon Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
On-site

RME Mechatronics Apprentice - West Midlands Locations 2026

Amazon Rugby, United Kingdom
On-site

RME Mechatronics Apprentice - Northern Ireland Locations 2026

Amazon Belfast, United Kingdom
On-site

Multi-Skilled Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Rise Technical Recruitment Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
£46,000 – £51,000 pa On-site

Lead Automation Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Delta Personnel Ltd Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
£48,048 – £58,000 pa On-site
Posted
21 Nov 2025 (6 months ago)

Job Description:

Multiskilled Engineering Technician

📍 Batley, Kirkless -West Yorkshire
💷 £50,400- £56,700 (including shift allowance, DOE)
🎁 + £2,500 Welcome Bonus, Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits

🌟 Why Join Us?

We care about the world and your future. Mars offers competitive compensation and benefits along with some great perks, like fun freebies and best-in-class development. As a Mars Associate, you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands. The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today, and we're here to support you every step of the way.

💼 The Role

Our Mars Petcare factory have an opportunity to join our dynamic team. Focusing on machine maintenance for specialized equipment, including flow wrapping, pick and place robotics, and secondary and tertiary packaging machinery.

Collaborate as part of a four-person team under the guidance of the Engineering Team Leader to ensure safety, quality, and efficiency on our production lines, and take ownership of designated areas, driving continuous improvement (CI) through digitalised analysis at your fingertips.

Shift Pattern (12-hour rotation, 7-7):

• Week 1: 2 days, 2 nights, 5 off

• Week 2: 2 days, 3 nights, 4 off

• Week 3: 3 days, 2 nights, 5 off

...and then repeat.

⭐ What's in it for you?
Competitive salary £50,400-£56,700 (DOE + shift allowance)

Welcome bonus paid in your first week

Hot food restaurant on site

Career growth opportunities with structured development & Mars University

Private healthcare + equal parental leave

Onsite gym and nurse/osteopath/podiatrist

Generous pension (up to 9% contribution)

Life assurance (4x salary)

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Gym membership & wellbeing support

Annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 32 with service

Free parking on site:

✅ What We're Looking For
Solid foundation in engineering, built through a recognized apprenticeship.

HNC level in an electrical engineering discipline and a sound mechanical aptitude.

Proven working knowledge of 415v distribution, Motor control, PLC software, Process control philosophies, level 2 systems & networks. Experience of pneumatics & hydraulics would be an advantage.

Understanding and knowledge of a broad range of Electromechanical devices.

Reasonable working knowledge of H&S regulations.

Computer literate and comfortable navigating internal software packages such as Atlas PM, SAP and Microsoft packages

🔧 Key Responsibilities
Perform fault diagnosis leading to resolution of random failures on production machinery, identifying the root cause in the repair process.

Determine when and which technical issues are escalated to the days support organisation

Provide technical experience/expertise/ information to assist others in resolution of equipment issues.

Responsible for the safe and required delivery of all services into and out of the factory during shift (including steam, air, water, gas and electricity).

Undertake planning of maintenance activities, for both self and others, to achieve smooth transition between maintenance and production availability of equipment.

In conjunction with the area engineer, ensures that the right planned preventative maintenance is completed

🌍 What You Can Expect from Mars
Work alongside 130,000+ Associates worldwide guided by our Five Principles

Be part of a purpose-driven company shaping "the world we want tomorrow"

Access world-class training & development from day one

Join a company with an industry-leading salary and benefits package

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

Robotics Jobs in the UK: Roles, Skills, Salaries and How to Get Hired (2026 Guide)

Robotics Jobs UK 2026: roles, salaries and skills for engineers and researchers in manufacturing, logistics, autonomous vehicles, defence and healthcare. In the UK, most robotics jobs cluster around hubs such as London, Cambridge, Bristol, Oxford, Manchester and Edinburgh, with common titles including Robotics Engineer, SLAM Engineer, Controls Engineer and Mechatronics Engineer. The most efficient way to browse live robotics jobs is via specialist boards like RoboticsJobs.co.uk, which curate roles specifically in this field so you are not lost in generic tech listings. This guide covers everything you need to know about robotics jobs in the UK in 2026, from the roles and skills in demand to where to find live opportunities and how to stand out as a candidate.

Where to Advertise Robotics Jobs in the UK (2026 Guide)

Where to advertise robotics jobs UK in 2026: the specialist boards, university channels and community routes that reach robotics, SLAM and controls talent. The candidate pool spans mechanical engineers, software developers, controls specialists, computer vision researchers and systems integrators — a multidisciplinary mix that general job boards are poorly equipped to reach. The strongest robotics candidates are often embedded in research groups, defence programmes or advanced manufacturing environments, and move between roles through specialist networks and industry events rather than mainstream platforms. This guide, published by RoboticsJobs.co.uk, covers where to advertise robotics roles in the UK in 2026, how the main platforms compare, what employers should expect to pay, and what the data says about hiring across different role types.

Robotics Jobs UK 2026: What to Expect Over the Next 3 Years

Robotics Jobs UK 2026: roles, salaries and the automation hiring trends shaping UK robotics careers over the next three years — industrial, service and humanoid. Robotics is having a moment that feels qualitatively different from the cycles of hype and disappointment that have characterised the sector in previous decades. The convergence of advances in AI, computer vision, battery technology, and hardware manufacturing has brought robotics to an inflection point — one where the gap between what robots can do in controlled laboratory conditions and what they can do in the unpredictable complexity of the real world is closing faster than at any previous point in the discipline's history. For job seekers, this inflection point is creating a jobs market that is expanding rapidly across a far wider range of industries and role types than robotics has historically occupied. Automotive and manufacturing remain significant employers, but they are now joined by logistics and warehousing, healthcare, agriculture, construction, defence, and the emerging category of humanoid robotics — each generating distinct hiring demand and drawing on overlapping but meaningfully different skill sets. The candidates who will thrive over the next three years are those who understand where the sector is heading — which application areas are scaling from pilot to production, which technologies are defining the architecture of modern robotic systems, and how the definition of a robotics career is evolving beyond the mechanical engineering core toward a much richer intersection of software, AI, and systems engineering. This article breaks down what the UK robotics jobs market is likely to look like through to 2028 — covering the titles emerging right now, the technologies driving employer demand, the skills that will matter most, and how to position your career at the leading edge of one of the most exciting technology transitions of the coming decade.