Military RME Mechatronics Apprentice - Yorkshire & the Humber Locations 2026 - Fixed Term Contract

Military RME Mechatronics Apprentice – Yorkshire & the Humber Locations 2026 – Fixed Term Contract

Amazon, Kingston Upon Hull, England, United Kingdom

RME Mechatronics Apprentice – Launch Your Engineering Career with Amazon

This role focuses on individuals with military experience or who are military spouses/children interested in working in the private sector. Amazon’s military recruiting team is available to discuss the many opportunities within Amazon. With thousands of former military members driving innovation, Amazon is a perfect place to launch your engineering career in Mechatronics Maintenance.

You will work with cutting‑edge technology—from robotic arms to complex conveyor networks and smart sensor technology—to keep millions of customer orders moving. As part of the Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team, you will maintain a wide range of equipment and workspaces while upholding Health and Safety best practices.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Carrying out proactive and preventative maintenance
• Carrying out reactive repairs, and fault diagnosis in a live distribution warehouse
• Using the latest tools to maximise equipment effectiveness
• Making modifications and upgrades to existing equipment
• Upholding health and safety policies and practices
• Working on continuous improvement projects

Training and Development

Throughout the apprenticeship you will learn fault diagnosis, preventative maintenance, fluid power system assembly and testing, mechanical device maintenance, electrical equipment wiring and testing, hydraulics and pneumatics, and programmable logic controller (PLC) operations. You will work toward an Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering (Mechatronics Maintenance) and may participate in shift work covering days, nights, and weekends.

Basic Qualifications

• You are a UK national, non‑UK national with the right to work in the UK, or an EU national with settled status, and have lived in the UK, an EEA country, or a British overseas territory for 3 years or more prior to commencing the apprenticeship (September 2026).
• If you are on a visa, it must allow you to legally work and reside in England for the entire duration of the programme (September 2030).
• You will be resident of the UK for the entire duration of the programme.
• You are not registered to study on a UK government funded course ending August 2026 or later.
• You will be 18 years old or older before entering an Amazon building (September 2026).
• You have a minimum of 3 GCSEs at Grades 9‑4 / A‑C (or equivalent): Maths, English and a science/technology subject.
• You must not already have a qualification in a similar subject at the same or higher level than this apprenticeship.

Preferred Qualifications

• You have 5 GCSEs at Grades 9‑4 / A‑C (or equivalent), including Maths, English and a science/technology subject.
• You have achieved or are studying towards a T‑Level in an Engineering subject or A‑Levels with a bias towards science & technology.

Qualifications Submission

As part of the recruitment and enrolment process you must provide proof of all required qualifications. Original certificates or certified copies must be submitted. The deadline for providing qualification certificates for the RME Mechatronics programme is 17 July 2026. Applications without verified qualifications by this date will automatically be unsuccessful. Failure to provide proof of qualifications by the stated deadline will result in the withdrawal of any conditional offer.

Equal Opportunities

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Company: Amazon UK Services Ltd. – A10
Job ID: A3133655