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Maintenance Engineer
Salary: £53,000 including shift allowance + excellent benefits
4-on, 4-off Days & Nights
Magor, South Wales
Are you a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer looking for a role where you can develop your technical skills, take ownership of engineering improvements and build a long-term career with a global business? If so, we have an excellent opportunity to join the team at the highly automated distribution facility of the world's largest FMCG companies.
The Role
You'll join a team of experienced Maintenance Engineers working on a wide range of automated material-handling equipment, including:
- Automated cranes
- Roller and chain conveyors
- Lift tables
- Rotation tables
- Shuttle cars
- Motors and gearboxes
- Sensors and control panels
The role is approximately 75% planned preventative and 25% reactive maintenance, giving you the opportunity to work proactively while still getting involved in hands-on fault finding on a range of mechanical and electrical components across the site.
What You'll Be Doing
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance across highly automated equipment
- Responding to reactive breakdowns and carrying out effective fault finding
- Working across both electrical and mechanical systems
- Inspecting, cleaning and lubricating mechanical components
- Diagnosing faults involving motors, sensors, control panels and conveyors
- Working with chains, sprockets, bearings and gearboxes
- Carrying out basic PLC diagnostics and checking I/O on Siemens S7 systems
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives
- Supporting root cause analysis and helping to prevent repeat failures
- Working closely with operators to maintain equipment reliability
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What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who is confident working in an automated environment and enjoys getting hands-on with both electrical and mechanical equipment.
You'll ideally have:
- NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- At least 2 years' experience working in an automated environment
- Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills
- An understanding of PLCs, ideally Siemens S7
- A genuine passion for engineering and continuous improvement
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who wants to belong, develop and make an impact within the team.
Career Development
This isn't simply a maintenance role — there is a genuine opportunity to build a long-term career within the business.
The Engineering Manager is looking to strengthen the team's technical capability and develop the next generation of talent.
For the right person, there are opportunities to progress in two directions:
- Leadership: develop towards a management position
- Technical: progress through continuous improvement, root cause analysis or controls
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You'll receive strong on-the-job training and will be supported by an experienced team.
What's On Offer?
- £53,000 salary including shift allowance
- 4-on, 4-off shift pattern
- 12-hour shifts – 2 days, 2 nights
- 28 days' holiday
- 8% pension contribution
- Private healthcare
- Private dental cover
- Life assurance
- Overtime available at enhanced rates
- Excellent long-term career progression
- Hands-on training and development
- Opportunity to work with some of the most advanced automated equipment in the industry
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to move beyond simply reacting to breakdowns and become a key part of a team focused on reliability, continuous improvement and root cause analysis.
If you're passionate about engineering, enjoy working with automation and want to develop your career within a global organisation, we'd like to hear from you.
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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