RME Mechatronics Apprentice - North West Locations

RME Mechatronics Apprentice - North West Locations 2026 - Fixed Term Contract

RME Mechatronics Apprentice - Launch Your Engineering Career with Amazon

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 engineering career in Mechatronics Maintenance. As one of the world's most advanced technology‑driven companies, we are powered by automation, robotics, and continuous innovation. From robotic arms to conveyor networks and smart sensor technology, you will work with the systems that keep millions of customer orders moving.

The Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team at Amazon keeps vital machinery running at all times. As an RME Mechatronics Apprentice, you’ll maintain a wide range of equipment and work spaces while upholding health and safety best practices. You’ll learn to keep your colleagues safe, prevent machine downtime, and boost equipment availability and quality.

• 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

We're looking for people who stay calm when things don’t go to plan and tackle challenges with a get‑things‑done approach. If you love being around machines and understand the importance of keeping production lines running smoothly, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll learn valuable skills including fault diagnosis, preventive maintenance, fluid power systems assembly and testing, mechanical device maintenance, electrical equipment wiring and testing, hydraulics and pneumatics, and programmable logic controller (PLC) operations. You will respond promptly to breakdowns, investigate, find, and implement solutions quickly while suggesting long‑term improvements. From CAD design and 3D printing to overseeing general site maintenance and repairing key distribution equipment, the team handles most aspects of Amazon’s technical operations.

Throughout the apprenticeship you will work towards an Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering (Mechatronics Maintenance), combining practical on‑the‑job experience with industry‑recognised study. The first 12 months will be a full‑time residential program at an external training provider or Amazon training centre. If you live outside your commuting distance, accommodation and travel expenses will be supported. In later years you will combine day or block‑release study for your HNC in Engineering or Mechatronics with on‑the‑job training at a Fulfilment Centre, Sortation Centre or Delivery Station, supporting our 24/7 operation in shift covering days, nights and weekends.

We value diverse perspectives and foster an inclusive environment with affinity groups for women in tech, LGBTQ+ employees, and under‑represented minorities. Through knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and career‑advancing resources, we help you develop into a well‑rounded professional. This apprenticeship trains you for a variety of maintenance roles such as mechatronic maintenance technician, maintenance engineer, mechanical fitter, and electrical engineer, with plenty of opportunities for progression within the RME team and across Amazon.

As part of the recruitment and enrolment process, candidates must provide proof of all required qualifications. Original certificates or certified copies must be submitted. The deadline for providing qualification certificates is 17 July 2026. Applications without verified qualifications by this date will be considered unsuccessful, and conditional offers may be withdrawn.

• UK national, a non‑UK national with the right to work in the UK, or an EU national with settled status, having lived in the UK or an EEA, or British overseas territory for 3 years or more prior to commencing (September 2026)
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