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Maintenance Engineer

Branston, Derbyshire
1 week ago
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Maintenance Engineer – Burton-on-Trent (DE14)
4 on 4 off (12-hour shifts, 6-6) – 6% Pension + Private Healthcare + Overtime + 22 Shifts Holiday

About the client
ATA are supporting a rapidly growing automated logistics solutions business supplying cutting-edge technology to major UK retailers. The site has benefitted from over £20 million of investment in the last 24 months, doubling capacity and preparing for a further 50% growth in the next two years. With state-of-the-art automated systems, a strong training structure, and excellent long-term career prospects, this is a superb opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-expanding engineering team at a highly successful, future-focused site.

What you’ll be doing
As a Maintenance Engineer, you’ll be responsible for maintaining, fault finding, and repairing a wide range of automated equipment across a high-volume logistics environment. Day-to-day responsibilities include:

Reactive and planned maintenance on EVO shuttles, high-speed conveyors, Pick-to-Light robotic systems, carton erectors, shuttle systems, strappers, lifts, and box-making machinery.
Electrical fault finding on sensors, limit switches, proximities, control panels, three-phase systems, motors, inverters, and safety circuits.
Mechanical work including bearings, belts, gearboxes, shafts, pneumatics, and like-for-like rebuilds.
Using a tablet-based CMMS to manage PPMs, breakdowns, stores, and job logging.
Customer-facing communication across radio, email, and face-to-face interactions.
Support from hotline/remote PLC teams, so no PLC programming experience required.
The successful Maintenance Engineer will work in a hands-on role with approximately one hour of computer-based logging and CMMS administration each shift.
What the client is looking for
To succeed as a Maintenance Engineer, you’ll need:

A recognised engineering qualification equivalent to a Level 3 or above (NVQ, City and Guilds, BTEC, ONC, HNC etc.)
Experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or automated environment.
Good communication skills and a proactive, customer-focused approach.
Why you should apply
This role gives any Maintenance Engineer the chance to join a business undergoing major investment, with new equipment, new automation, and significant site growth. With excellent benefits, modern systems, strong job security, and plenty of additional training, it’s an ideal opportunity for someone seeking both stability and progression.

If you think you’re the right Maintenance Engineer for this role, apply today or contact (url removed) or call Faisal on (phone number removed).

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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