Mechanical Engineer
What you'll bring to the team:
Mechanical Ride Engineer
Location: LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort, Windsor, SL4 4AYHours: Shift patterns vary slightly with our operational calendar, and will be discussed at screening
Contract Type: Permanent, Salaried
Here at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort we are busy prepping for our 2025 season, and we are recruiting for a Mechanical Ride Engineer to join our AWESOME Technical Services team!
As a Mechanical Ride Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on our iconic rides and attractions, ensuring they are well maintained, operating efficiently and in adherence with HSE guidance and statutory requirements. You’ll be an advocate for all aspects of ride safety, carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, safety checks and daily start up procedures.
Our engineering team will respond effectively to ride shutdowns, facilitating excellent ride availability for our guests and, of course, will document all maintenance paperwork to a high standard, in accordance with HSE guidance (HSG175).
The role of Mechanical Ride Engineer at LEGOLAND Windsor Resort is a pivotal part of our team, which gives the right candidate the chance to directly, and positively, impact our guests visit to the Resort on a daily basis. If you are passionate about excellent service, would love to work in a theme park setting and have the right qualifications and experience (detailed below) why not apply today?!
Qualifications & Experience:
- Qualified to a City & Guild, NVQ Level 2 or equivalent within a Mechanical Engineering / Technician discipline
- Experience of working within a heavy industrial / automated environment such as; FMCG, Manufacturing, Logistics, Airport or Theme Park
- Experience of PPM Systems of Work
- Fault Finding/Diagnostics
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems
Benefits:
- 40% discount off LEGO® sets and products on the online LEGO Store!
- Merlin Magic Pass: 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world!
- 25% discount in Merlin retail shops and restaurants (a brilliant extra treat when you’re using your Magic Pass to visit!)
- Staff discount codes for Merlin Annual Passes to gift to loved ones!
- ‘Enjoy the Ride’ Annual Pass for you and five loved ones!
- Private pension scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Access to Perks at Work which 30,000+ national & local employee discounts
- Free staff parking
- Ongoing training & development
About the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort
We are looking for Mechanical Ride Engineer to join our AWESOME team at the UK’s favourite children’s theme park; the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. The LEGOLAND Windsor Resort is the ultimate destination for families with children age 2-12. The Resort is home to two awesome LEGO themed Hotels and a host of rides, shows and attractions built around the iconic LEGO® brick.This role is based at the Windsor theme park, located in 150 acres of beautiful parkland.
About Merlin
A job with Merlin isn’t like a job anywhere else. With attractions around the world, from rollercoasters to wax figures, we don’t trade in suits, handshakes or briefcases. We trade in fun. In smiles, shrieks and spine-tingles. In Memories. In magic. But there are no tricks behind our magic.Instead, there are people like you. Passionate, dedicated people who are committed to making sure our worldwide attractions and guests’ experiences are the best they can be.
If you have any questions or if you require any reasonable adjustments, because of a disability or medical condition, please contact us by email at jobs@legoland.co.uk and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Pay Range: GBP £44,130.00/Yr.