RME Mechatronics Apprentice – North Wales Locations

RME Mechatronics Apprentice - North Wales Locations (36-month fixed term contract)

Job :  | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Fascinated by the mechanics behind automated systems? Want to master both electrical and mechanical engineering while working with cutting-edge technology? Amazon is the perfect place to launch your career in Mechatronics Maintenance.

As one of the world's most advanced technology-driven companies, we're powered by automation, robotics, and continuous innovation - from robotic arms to complex conveyor networks and smart sensor technology that keep millions of customer orders moving. This apprenticeship gives you the chance to become a multi-skilled maintenance technician across both electrical and mechanical disciplines, with hands-on experience on industry-leading equipment, some of which only exists at Amazon.

Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team is fundamental to our operations - they keep vital machinery running around the clock. As an RME Mechatronics Apprentice, you'll help maintain a wide range of equipment while upholding Health and Safety best practice, keeping your colleagues safe, preventing downtime, and improving the availability and quality of our equipment.

You’ll thrive here if you stay calm when things go wrong and get a real kick out of fixing them. You're hands-on, curious about how machines work, and you understand that keeping production moving is what it's all about. And you don't need to be a qualified engineer to start - what matters most is a practical, problem-solving mindset and a hunger to learn.

A day in the life can involve:

• 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, and suggesting long-term improvements

Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll build a broad, in-demand engineering skillset, including:

• Fault diagnosis and preventative maintenance
• Mechanical device maintenance, and fluid power systems assembly and testing
• Electrical equipment wiring and testing
• Hydraulics and pneumatics
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) operations
• CAD design and 3D printing

Here at Amazon, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Within this apprenticeship, you'll learn by doing, putting newfound knowledge into practice every day. Our first-class coaching, tailored development opportunities, and challenging, rewarding work will empower you to reach new heights. If you're a curious learner eager to grow, this is your chance to unlock your full potential and build the future you envision.

Throughout the apprenticeship you'll work towards an Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering (Mechatronics Maintenance), combining practical, on-the-job experience with industry-recognised study. Your first 12 months will be a full-time residential programme, based either at one of our external training provider facilities or at our own world-class Amazon training centres - reflecting our significant investment in developing state-of-the-art facilities for the next generation of engineers.

If you live outside a commutable distance, accommodation will be provided during term time for these first 12 months, and travel expenses will be supported.

Please note:

some of our training sites aren't accessible by public transport, so you'll need to be able to arrange reliable travel to and from site. Access to a car can make this easier but isn't essential.

In later years, you'll combine day or block-release study for your HNC in Engineering or Mechatronics with on-the-job training at one of our Fulfilment Centres, Sortation Centres, or Delivery Stations, learning directly from experienced technicians and engineers and gaining exposure to real engineering projects.

This role supports our 24/7 operation, so you'll work shifts covering days, nights and weekends - patterns that reflect the real-world schedules of the engineers who keep Amazon operating around the clock.

This apprenticeship trains you for a variety of maintenance roles - mechatronic maintenance technician, maintenance engineer, mechanical fitter, and electrical engineer - with plenty of opportunities for progression both within RME and more widely across Amazon. This could be the start of an exciting and rewarding career.

You'll join a diverse and passionate team of…