Maintenance Technician

Keen to get into engineering and learn from the inside of a live automation environment?

Up to £38,000 (inclusive of shift allowance) | Permanent | Hinckley, Leicestershire

12-hour rotating day shifts (including weekend)

300 hours annual leave entitlement

Company pension and sick pay

Death in service policy

Company uniform provided

Motiontech designs, installs, and maintains automated material handling systems for major UK retailers and logistics businesses. Their on-site engineering teams keep complex distribution operations running around the clock. This is a genuine entry point into automation engineering, you’ll learn on the job, supported by experienced engineers who know the systems inside out.

Reporting to the Lead Maintenance Engineer, you'll work as part of the on-site maintenance team in Hinckley, helping to keep the automation running to plan. You'll pick up hands-on experience across planned maintenance, reactive tasks, and system monitoring, building a solid foundation for a long-term engineering career.

You will:

Complete planned preventative maintenance tasks in line with the CMMS schedule

Respond to reactive issues quickly, keeping downtime to a minimum

Log all activity on the CMMS; faults, spares, time, and machine data

Maintain good housekeeping standards across all automated areas

Work closely with the customer's operational team day to day

Follow all health and safety requirements on site

What you'll bring

Essential:

Willingness to work 12-hour rotating shifts including weekends

Good communication skills and a reliable, organised approach

Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team

Useful, not essential:

Any prior exposure to engineering, warehousing, or logistics environments

Familiarity with maintenance or facilities work, even in a different sector

Benefits & culture

Financial: £38,000 inclusive of shift allowance
Leave: 300 hours annual leave entitlement
Security:
Death in service policy, company pension, and sick pay
Practical:
Company uniform provided

Working arrangements

Location:

Hinckley, Leicestershire | On-site

Contract:

Permanent | Full-time

Shifts:

12-hour rotating days and nights, including weekends.

If you're looking to start a career in engineering and want to learn in a hands-on automation environment, click to apply