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How much do night shift engineer jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 3, 2026, the average hourly pay for night shift engineer in Colorado is $27.34, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $16.52 and $31.45 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a night shift engineer?

A Night Shift Engineer is responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting equipment, systems, and infrastructure during overnight hours. They ensure smooth operations, perform preventive maintenance, and address urgent technical issues that arise during their shift. This role is common in industries like manufacturing, IT, healthcare, and facilities management, where round-the-clock operations are essential. Night Shift Engineers often work independently or with a small team, requiring strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under minimal supervision. Their primary goal is to prevent downtime and ensure seamless handovers to daytime staff.

What are some challenges unique to working as a night shift engineer?

Night Shift Engineers often face the challenge of working independently with limited supervisory and technical support, requiring them to troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly on their own. They must also adapt to an altered sleep schedule and maintain alertness during non-traditional work hours. Additionally, coordination with both the outgoing and incoming day teams is essential to ensure a smooth handover of tasks and status updates. Successfully handling these aspects demonstrates reliability, adaptability, and strong problem-solving skills that are highly valued in this role.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the night shift engineer position, and why are they important?

A successful Night Shift Engineer requires a solid background in engineering fundamentals, troubleshooting, and maintenance, often supported by a degree in engineering or a relevant technical field. Familiarity with industry-standard systems such as SCADA, PLCs, CMMS software, and relevant safety or trade certifications is common. Excellent problem-solving abilities, time management, and strong communication skills help engineers operate effectively when resources are minimal and issues need rapid resolution. These skills and qualities ensure operational continuity, safety, and efficiency during night hours when oversight may be limited.

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Infographic showing various Night Shift Engineer job openings in Colorado as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 74% Full Time, 19% Part Time, 1% Temporary, 3% Contract, and 2% Nights. Highlights an 99% Physical, and 1% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $56,859 per year, or $27.3 per hour.

Maintenance Engineer (Night Shift)

Ocado Group

Aurora, CO โ€ข On-site

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 13 days ago


Job description

Ocado Group is a UK-based company that is one of the world's largest dedicated online grocery retailers, we also operate our own grocery and general merchandise retail businesses under Ocado.com. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million dollar Customer Fulfillment Centers (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery via our local partner Kroger.

What You Will Do

The Maintenance Engineer will report directly to the respective shift assigned Engineering Team Manager, with a dotted line to the Senior Maintenance Engineer for daily priorities. As a Maintenance Engineer will provide first response to engineering fault conditions, both reactive and planned maintenance activities as well as being involved in continuous improvement projects within our start of the art, automated Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC).

Daily Maintenance Engineer roles may involve:

  • Carrying out electrical and mechanical planned maintenance across the site in an accurate, timely and safe manner.
  • Update records of work activities, tasks carried out, parts used through stores and training given.
  • Perform assembly and sub-assembly repairs by following written work instructions, blueprints and schematics.
  • Respond to and diagnose equipment breakdowns, resolving issues and action repairs
  • Perform daily housekeeping and cleaning duties of equipment.
  • Analyze data to find solutions to improve MHE performance, providing reports where necessary.
  • Complete quality inspections to ensure work is completed to a safe standard.

The Maintenance Engineer may be asked to perform tasks as required by management, deemed as a reasonable request. This job description is a summary of the typical functions of the role, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of possible role responsibilities, tasks and duties and is subject to review. The responsibilities, tasks and duties of the job holder might differ from those outlined in the job description and other duties, as assigned, might form part of the job.

The initial 6 to 9 weeks will involve training and most likely require some travel in order to obtain the training from another site in North America. In the event the operation is undergoing its initial startup, the daily responsibilities for this role may be different while supporting the needs of a facility in its initial stages of starting its operations.ย  Once the facility is commissioned, the roles defined in this job description will become the daily responsibilities for the Maintenance Engineer.

About You

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following requirements:

  • An Associate's or Vocational degree in an electrical or mechanical related discipline or advanced training with a minimum of three years experience.
  • A minimum of two years of direct experience in the mechanical or electrical field
  • Experience carrying out electrical or mechanical maintenance, to include predictive and preventive planned maintenance.
  • Experience diagnosing and documenting equipment breakdowns, resolving issues, and handling repairs.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills; able to impart knowledge effectively to others.
  • Good organization skills; able to prioritize.
  • This role involves working at height using a variety of access equipment, so you need to be comfortable working at heights.
  • Good technical ability relating to automation hardware and software.
  • Sound analytical skills with an eye for detail; good problem-solving ability and a practical approach.
  • Experience working with computerized maintenance management systems.
  • Numerate and PC literate, including G-Suite and MS Office programs.

This role will require flexibility due to us being an operation and a shift pattern will be put in place that will require working days or nights and weekends.

What do I get in Returnย 

401k Plan; 100% match up to 5% of earnings; Paid Vacation and Sick Days; 10 Paid Public Holidays; Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Medical and Dependent Care; Flexible Spending Accounts Health Reimbursement Account; Company Contribution of 50% of Annual Deductible; Company Paid Life Insurance; Short and Long Term Disability Insurance; Employee Assistance Program


ย Ocado is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, or any other classification as required by applicable law.

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