Maintenance Engineer

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Freelance Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical), Italy

Contract type: Freelance / Self-Employed (Libero Professionista/Partita IVA),

Location: Multiple automated warehouse/logistics sites across Italy

Start date: ASAP

About the Role

We are looking for experienced Freelance Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineers to support high-volume, highly automated distribution and fulfilment centres in Italy. These sites operate cutting-edge material handling equipment, including extensive conveyor networks, sortation systems, ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems), and robotics, and rely on skilled engineers to keep operations running around the clock.

This is a hands-on role suited to engineers who thrive in a fast-paced, technically demanding environment and are comfortable working independently or as part of a wider maintenance team.

Key Responsibilities

- Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) on conveyor systems, sortation equipment, packing machinery, and associated automation
- Respond to and resolve reactive breakdowns quickly to minimise downtime, working to agreed SLAs
- Diagnose and repair electrical faults across control panels, motors, drives, sensors, and cabling
- Diagnose and repair mechanical faults including belts, rollers, gearboxes, bearings, chains, and pneumatic systems
- Interface with and troubleshoot PLC-controlled systems (fault-finding and diagnostics; Siemens, Allen Bradley, Schneider, or similar)
- Support commissioning, calibration, and optimisation of automated equipment




- Complete maintenance records, permits to work, and CMMS job logs accurately and on time
- Work safely within a live automated warehouse environment, following lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) and site safety procedures
- Liaise with site engineering leads, controls engineers, and operations teams to prioritise work

Skills & Experience Required

- Recognised qualification in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Multi-Skilled Engineering (Istituto Tecnico Industriale, ITS, or equivalent)
- Proven experience maintaining automated/high-speed conveyor systems within a warehouse, logistics, FMCG, or manufacturing environment
- Working knowledge of PLC systems, able to interpret fault codes and carry out basic diagnostics (programming experience an advantage, not essential)
- Solid understanding of industrial electrical systems (low voltage, three-phase, control circuits) and mechanical systems (motors, gearboxes, pneumatics, hydraulics)
- Experience with sortation systems, ASRS, robotics, or pallet handling equipment is highly desirable
- Comfortable working at height and in a fast-paced, live production environment
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure
- Own PPE and relevant electrical/mechanical certifications preferred
- Willingness to work flexible shifts, including nights and weekends, across various sites
- Full right to work / freelance status in Italy (registered with valid Partita IVArnational teams

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