Maintenance Engineer – £52,500 – Leicester (LE19)
Panama Shift Pattern – 12hr Days & Nights
About the business
ATA are supporting a long-established automation and systems integration specialist operating resident maintenance contracts at some of the UK’s most critical distribution and logistics hubs. This site supports a high-volume operation handling over 120,000 SKUs, with uptime now running at 99% – the best-performing site in the UK network. With strong engineering leadership and continued internal investment, this is a superb opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer seeking stability, training, and exposure to advanced automation.
Why apply?
This role offers a Maintenance Engineer long-term job security, excellent uptime culture, strong leadership, and the chance to work on high-end automation in a calm, well-run environment with real investment in engineering standards.
Training & progression
- Structured on-site training matrix with buddy system
- Working at heights and full H&S certification
- Ongoing multiskilled development across automated systems
- Progression opportunities across a wider national engineering network
The role
As a Maintenance Engineer, you will be part of a resident engineering team responsible for maintaining automated material handling systems in a clean, well-organised environment. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Reactive and planned maintenance across conveyors, cranes, shuttles, and ASRS equipment.
- Mechanical maintenance including motors, rollers, belts, bearings, pumps, valves, pipework, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
- Electrical fault finding including safe isolation, three-phase systems, contactors, sensors, and control panels.
- Using tablet-based CMMS systems to raise, receive, and close jobs with near-total time accountability.
This Maintenance Engineer position is hands-on, safety-focused, and ideal for engineers who enjoy working with modern automation.
What we’re looking for
To be successful as a Maintenance Engineer, you will need:
- A recognised engineering qualification equivalent to a Level 3 or above (NVQ, City and Guilds, BTEC, ONC, HNC etc.)
- Confidence fault finding mechanically and electrically and working safely at height.
- A personable, team-focused approach with strong communication skills.
If you feel you’re the right Maintenance Engineer for this opportunity, apply today or contact faisal.ahmedy@ata-recruitment.co.uk or call 07788 365 715.
ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation
