Electrically biased Engineer - Onsite

Team
Supply Chain & Logistics
Store
Castle Donington
Location
Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Contract type
Permanent
Position type
Full Time
Salary
Competitive + Benefits
Closing date: 4th August 2025

How We Hire

Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.

About the role

This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.

Summary
Our global Distribution team is responsible for delivering our customers the products they love, efficiently, and sustainably, all over the world. We’ve making a significant investment in our automation technology at our 900,000 sq ft Castle Donington Distribution Centre and because of this we now need an Electrically biased Multi Skilled Engineer to join our team who will support with our boxed expansion programme.
All the details

The role will be pivotal to our transformation and investment programme and will allow for involvement and exposure to some of the most groundbreaking automation. Our Engineers are essential to ensuring everything runs efficiently onsite, and carry out reactive, preventative, and predictive maintenance on both our electrical and mechanical automated equipment. Using information from different sources and systems, analysing the data to identify under-performing equipment, striving to improve reliability and performance through continuous improvement methodologies and root cause analysis!

Our Engineers work a shift pattern which involves a mixture of earlies 6.00am to 18.00pm and through the nights 18.00pm to 6.00am with blocks of 4 and 5 rest days across the 4-week rotating shift pattern - see job profile for more details.

What’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

  • After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
  • Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
  • Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
  • A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
  • A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
  • Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
  • Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
  • Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
  • A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

  • Work with a team of Engineers, Inspections Technicians and Senior Engineers to resolve reactive breakdowns, carry out planned preventative and corrective maintenance in a highly automated environment.
  • Use root cause analysis tools to drive reliability through delivery of continuous improvement projects
  • Put health and safety first continually raising awareness of hazards and resolving potential safety issues
  • Work collaboratively and liaise with other site functions ensuring we deliver for our customers every day
  • Develop yourself and others with the support of our onsite Training Team

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

  • You will need to be multi-skilled, and be able to provide evidence of recognised training in both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering i.e ONC/HNC level qualification
  • Engineering experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment or similar and have previously a recognised Apprenticeship in an appropriate Engineering field
  • Able to demonstrate a continuous improvement approach and be able to deal with conflicting priorities with ease in a fast paced, constantly evolving environment
  • Enjoy mentoring and developing others and working as part of a team to achieve tangible results
  • Good knowledge and understanding of CMMS systems/databases and comfortable working at heights of 25 metres

Everyone’s welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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Meet the Team

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Our Support

Mentorship

It’s important to us that our new colleagues feel supported in their roles and can learn from others. That’s why we offer mentorship through our buddy system.

Wellbeing

Get access to resources to keep you fit and healthy, in body and mind. This includes access to our Wellbeing Hub, Virtual GP, Check4Cancer, PAM Assist and I&D Networks.

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M&S really has an appetite for change: there is a real belief in where we’re heading, and the business is putting the investment and infrastructure behind it. We’re always looking at where the industry is now, and identifying opportunities to evolve and improve the efficiency of our logistics network.

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M&S gives you the freedom to be yourself. If you are genuinely motivated by a challenge, there’s nothing to stop you or hold you back. I would pass on the same advice I was given. Seize the opportunities. Share your ideas. Try things out. If it works, great. If it doesn’t, learn from it. This is the way we move forward as people – and as a business.

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Benefits

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Colleague Networks

We want you to feel supported, no matter what.

Cancer Network

Fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, addressing stigma, providing guidance and raising awareness to empower and assist colleagues affected by cancer.

LGBTQ+ Network

Proactively representing LGBTQ+ issues and opportunities to deliver a truly inclusive place to work and shop for our colleagues and customers.

Family & Carers Network

A support network for parents and carers, offering a space for colleagues to share experiences, exchange ideas, and access useful resources.

Forces Community Network

Supporting colleagues connected to the Armed Forces, aiding their transition to civilian life, and ensuring that they thrive in the workplace.

Gender Equality Network

Addressing gender-related challenges, raising awareness, and driving action to ensure equal opportunities for all.

Health and Wellbeing Network

Providing a safe space for colleagues with all types of health conditions or disabilities and supporting with business initiatives to ensure our stores are truly accessible for our customers.

Culture and Heritage Network

Raising awareness of various religions and cultures through events and comms, to educate others and better represent our M&S colleagues and customers.

Menopause Network

Initiating and encouraging open conversations about menopause by offering support and sharing experiences.

How to Apply

Here’s what to expect at each stage of the application process. This can change depending on the role you’ve applied to. If you need any reasonable adjustments made at any stage, let us know and we can help.

Send us your application

Fill in our short application form and hit submit.

Online assessment

We’ll invite you to take part in an online assessment that includes a product checking test and a situational judgement test. This could be before or after your interview.

Interview

We'll invite you to join us for an On Demand video interview. Here, we'll ask you some technical questions based on the behavioural attributes we're looking for. 

Decision

After we’ve decided, we’ll be in touch. If you’ve been successful, we’ll officially invite you to join the team and let you know the next steps.

Electrically biased Engineer - Onsite

Team
Supply Chain & Logistics
Store
Castle Donington
Location
Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Contract type
Permanent
Position type
Full Time
Salary
Competitive + Benefits
Closing date: 4th August 2025
Reference: 95597