RME Mechatronics Apprentice – Croydon, London (36-month fixed term contract)

As one of the world's most advanced technology-driven companies, we're powered by automation, robotics, and continuous innovation - from robotic arms to complex conveyor networks and smart sensor technology that keep millions of customer orders moving. This apprenticeship gives you the chance to become a multi-skilled maintenance technician across both electrical and mechanical disciplines, with hands-on experience on industry-leading equipment, some of which only exists at Amazon.

Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team is fundamental to our operations - they keep vital machinery running around the clock. As an RME Mechatronics Apprentice, you'll help maintain a wide range of equipment while upholding Health and Safety best practice, keeping your colleagues safe, preventing downtime, and improving the availability and quality of our equipment.

You'll thrive here if you stay calm when things go wrong and get a real kick out of fixing them. You're hands-on, curious about how machines work, and you understand that keeping production moving is what it's all about. And you don't need to be a qualified engineer to start - what matters most is a practical, problem-solving mindset and a hunger to learn.

A day in the life can involve:

• 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, and suggesting long-term improvements

 

Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll build a broad, in-demand engineering skillset, including:

• Fault diagnosis and preventative maintenance
• Mechanical device maintenance, and fluid power systems assembly and testing
• Electrical equipment wiring and testing
• Hydraulics and pneumatics
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) operations
• CAD design and 3D printing

 

This role supports our 24/7 operation, so you'll work shifts covering days, nights and weekends - patterns that reflect the real-world schedules of the engineers who keep Amazon operating around the clock.

This apprenticeship trains you for a variety of maintenance roles - mechatronic maintenance technician, maintenance engineer, mechanical fitter, and electrical engineer - with plenty of opportunities for progression both within RME and more widely across Amazon. This could be the start of an exciting and rewarding career.

You'll join a diverse and passionate team of engineers dedicated to driving results and pushing creative boundaries. We value different perspectives and experiences, and we're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Our employee-led affinity groups - including communities for women in tech, LGBTQ+ employees, and underrepresented minorities - foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. These groups provide community, mentorship, and a platform for your voice to be heard. We're committed to building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities we serve.

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a well-rounded professional.

Join us and be part of the team that keeps Amazon moving. Apply now and shape the future of technology with us.

Training

• Throughout the apprenticeship you will work towards an Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering (Mechatronics Maintenance), combining practical, on-the-job experience with industry-recognised study
• Your first 12 months will be a full-time residential programme based either at one of our external training provider facilities or at our own world-class Amazon training centres - reflecting our significant investment in developing state-of-the-art facilities for the next generation of engineers
• Please note: some of our training sites aren't accessible by public transport, so you'll need to be able to arrange reliable travel to and from site. Access to a car can make this easier but isn't essential.
• If you live outside of a commutable distance, accommodation will be provided during term time for these first 12 months, 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 one of our Fulfilment Centres, Sortation Centres, or Delivery Stations
• You will learn directly from experienced technicians and engineers and gain exposure to real engineering projects. You'll support our 24/7 operation in shift covering days, nights and weekends in patterns that reflect the real-world schedules of engineers who keep Amazon operating around the clock

After the apprenticeship

• 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 both within the RME team and more widely across Amazon, this could be the start of an exciting and rewarding career