Quick overview
Job description
If you're a maintenance engineer who thrives in technically advanced environments, this is a rare chance to work on some of the UK's most sophisticated automation systems.
Up to £58,000 (Inclusive of shift allowance) | Permanent | Hinckley, Leicestershire
- 12-hour rotating shifts (days and nights, including weekends)
- Overtime opportunities on top of base package
- Structured technical development and training
- Exposure to advanced automation and robotics systems
Motiontech designs, installs, and maintains intelligent automation and material handling systems for major UK retail and logistics businesses. Their engineering teams keep high-availability, high-performance automated distribution operations running around the clock. It's hands-on, technically demanding work, and the investment in people matches the investment in kit.
You'll join an established maintenance team on-site in Hinckley, keeping cutting-edge automated material handling systems running at peak performance. Day to day, you'll split your time between planned preventative work and reactive fault-finding — with the tools, systems, and team around you to do both properly.
You'll:
- Deliver planned preventative maintenance across automated material handling systems
- Respond to breakdowns quickly, diagnosing and resolving faults to minimise downtime
- Fault-find on electrical, mechanical, and PLC-controlled equipment
- Maintain conveyors, motors, gearboxes, pneumatics, and automated handling systems
- Use the CMMS to log maintenance activity and track performance data
What you'll bring
Essential:
- NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical, Mechanical, or Multi-Skilled Engineering
- Proven maintenance experience in logistics, automation, FMCG, or manufacturing
- Strong fault-finding skills across electrical, mechanical, and PLC-controlled systems
- Hands-on experience with conveyors, drives, gearboxes, and pneumatics
- Comfortable working 12-hour rotating shifts including nights and weekends
Useful, not essential:
- Experience with CMMS platforms
- Previous work in a high-speed automated logistics environment
- Exposure to robotics or advanced sortation systems
Benefits & culture
Financial: Up to £58,000 including shift allowance, plus overtime
Development: Structured technical training with access to advanced automation systems Stability: Permanent role with a well-established automation business
Environment: High-spec, technically varied site — no two shifts are the same
Working arrangements
Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire | On-site Contract: Permanent | Full-time Shifts: 12-hour rotating days and nights, including weekends
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