Meridian Business Support

Engineering Technician

EX2 7HF

Key information

Pay
£31,500 to £40,000 a year
Hours
Full-time
Contract
Permanent
Posted date
29 Aug 2026
Closing date
25 Oct 2026

About this role

Engineering Technician

The Opportunity

We encourage anyone interested in a career in engineering or looking to develop their skills within the automation field to apply for this amazing opportunity as an Automation Technician / Mechatronics Operator. Experience or an HNC, or higher, in any of the following areas will be considered:

  • An ability to read Mechanical Engineering drawings and design modelling fixtures a must
  • Proficient in CNC Milling, CAM an advantage
  • Knowledge of automation systems desireable

The Opportunity

In this developmental role you will

  • Create, verify and release robot programs for automated cells
  • Read and create CAD drawings for modelling and tooling fixtures
  • Provide critical help chain for manufacturing to reduce downtime of critical manufacturing equipment
  • Creating supporting documentation for automated equipment
  • Support implementation of new advanced manufacturing equipment and automation

Preferred Skills

  • Minimum of a HNC or equivalent in an Engineering discipline
  • Good understanding of tooling, fixture design using CAD and manufacturing processes
  • Proficient in CAD with the ability to read engineering drawings
  • This is a development role where training will be provided. But any experience, in any of the following areas, would be beneficial and show the transferable skills required to develop in the role:
  • Robot programming experience
  • CMM Programming / metrology
  • CNC Milling experience with a desire to move into automation/robotics

Pay and Benefits

Salary dependent on experience, between £31,502.01 to £40,710.28 per annum (will be increased shortly in line with annual pay review by in the region of 4%)

37.5 hours per week, working a Swing Shift weekly rotation (6am-2pm/2pm-10pm), which attracts an additional shift premium of 12.5% of your basic salary.

25 days annual holiday

Secure on-site parking

Excellent contributory pension

Health care cash back plan

Life assurance

Company bonus scheme

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.

Please note that this specific role may be subject to export control restrictions, including under ITAR. Any offer of employment from this particular company will be conditional on the successful candidate meeting the applicable legal requirements for access to controlled information or technology.