At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain and improve automated material handling equipment in a fast-paced environment.
- Company: Join the UK's biggest distribution operation with a focus on automation.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, no night shifts, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth in a high-speed automated setting.
- Why this job: Be part of a cutting-edge logistics centre that keeps products flowing across the UK.
- Qualifications: Electrical engineering qualification and strong fault-finding skills required.
The predicted salary is between 36 - 44 £ per hour.
Pay rate: £38-41 per hour
Department: Automation Materials Handling
Job Type: Temporary Contract - Inside Scope Paye/Umbrella
Automated Distribution & Logistics Seasonal Peak Support Contract - 3 months +
Job Location: Wakefield Pontefract area
The client: Retail Logistics Automation Centre
Working Pattern: NO NIGHTS, Earlies and late backshift, minimum 38 hours per week
We're looking for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a highly automated distribution and logistics operation. Working within a fast-paced warehouse environment, you'll maintain, fault-find and improve a wide range of automated material handling equipment that keeps products flowing to customers across the UK.
This is an excellent temporary contract opportunity for engineers from automated warehouses, FMCG, manufacturing, distribution centres, parcel hubs, airports, baggage handling, or other high-speed automated environments.
Typical Equipment includes:
- Conveyor systems
- Automated sortation systems
- ASRS (Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems)
- Pallet handling equipment
- Cranes and shuttle systems
- Automated packing and labelling machinery
- Motors, drives and gearboxes
- Sensors, scanners and safety systems
- PLC-controlled equipment
- Robotics and automation equipment
Key Responsibilities:
- Reactive breakdown maintenance to minimise downtime
- Planned preventative maintenance (PPM)
- Electrical fault finding on automated equipment
- PLC fault diagnosis and basic modifications
- Continuous improvement and reliability projects
- Supporting operational performance and site uptime targets
- Ensuring compliance with health, safety and engineering standards
Ideal Background:
- Automated warehouses and distribution centres
- E-commerce fulfilment centres
- Retail logistics operations
- Parcel sorting hubs
- Airports or baggage handling systems
- FMCG manufacturing
- Food production
- High-speed production environments with focus on materials handling and packaging
Skills & Experience:
- Electrical engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, Apprenticeship, HNC or equivalent)
- Strong fault-finding skills
- Experience with PLC-controlled equipment
- Knowledge of motors, inverters, sensors and industrial controls
- Ability to work independently in a fast-moving environment
- Continuous improvement mindset
Related Job Titles include Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Automation Engineer, Controls Engineer, Shift Engineer, Multiskilled Engineer, Reliability Engineer, Resident Engineer, MHE Engineer, PLC Maintenance Engineer, Distribution Centre Engineer, Site Services Engineer.
Join a highly automated logistics operation maintaining conveyors, sortation systems, robotics, ASRS and PLC-controlled equipment. Ideal for engineers gained experience from Amazon, Next, M&S, DHL, GXO, Wincanton, Yodel, Evri, Royal Mail, etc. airports or other high-volume automated environments.
What’s on Offer:
- NO NIGHTS!
- Rotating earlies backshift
- World class automated materials handling centre
- Ambient Environment
Are you an Electrical Maintenance Engineer who thrives on fault-finding complex automated systems? Join a site where conveyors, robotics, sortation technology and PLC-controlled equipment keep millions of products moving every year.
Contact Mike Butler on (phone number removed) or email.
Omega is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Omega does not charge candidates any recruitment or job-seeking fees at any stage of the hiring process.
Electrical Maintenance Engineer - temporary in Pontefract employer: Omega Resource Group
As a global leader in the automation and packing industry, our company offers an exceptional work environment for the Field Service Director role, characterised by a commitment to operational excellence and employee development. With competitive compensation, including a generous bonus structure and comprehensive benefits like private health cover and a double matched pension scheme, we prioritise the well-being and growth of our team members. Our collaborative culture fosters strong relationships and encourages continuous improvement, making this an ideal place for professionals seeking meaningful and rewarding careers in a dynamic sector.
