Automation Maintenance Technician

Royalmailgroup; Bristol; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK seeks an Automation Maintenance Engineer for its Heathrow site. The successful candidate will ensure the performance of automation assets, maintain equipment, and work with a team to achieve operational goals. Key qualifications include a strong engineering background and flexibility to adapt to shift patterns.

Qualifications

• Experience as a multi-skilled engineer with an electrical and mechanical engineering qualification.
• Understanding of Health & Safety legislation.
• Ability to work on own initiative and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance tasks including preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance.
• Identify root causes of automation breakdowns and prioritize corrective actions.
• Monitor equipment performance to improve automation outputs.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Preventative Maintenance

Problem Solving

Education

ONC Electrical Engineering

NVQ Level 3

Job description

We are now recruiting for Automation Maintenance Engineer at our Heathrow Worldwide Dist Centre, Slough, SL3 8AQ site.

Contract: 35.5 hrs Permanent

Salary: Salary and weekly hours to be confirmed at offer, depending on your T&Cs

The successful candidate will be required to follow theHeathrow Worldwide Dist Centreshift rotation system, as outlined below with some degree of voluntary flexibility to meet our 24/7 operational needs on occasion, including voluntary overtime coverage and occasional shift pattern flexibility.

The role will cover early, late and night shifts. The role will cover an 8 week rota of 2 weeks days and 2 weeks nights and will include weekend working example rota below.
Days - 06:30 - 18:30 | Nights - 18:30 - 06:30 | Days - 07:00 - 19:00 | Nights - 19:00 - 07:00
Panama shift pattern.

Example Shift Pattern:

Week 1: Monday to Friday (Days) – 4 days on, 7 days off.

Week 2: Friday to Sunday (Nights) – 4 nights on, 3 days off Etc.

The Role

Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of automation assets through completion of effective maintenance procedures.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Perform maintenance tasks, including preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance
• Performing continuous improvement activities
• Provide effective and efficient support to the Engineering Manager, Maintenance Team Leader and Engineering Team Coaches, completion of end of shift reports, fault logging and data entry
• Identify the root cause of automation breakdowns and prioritize corrective actions to meet operational processing requirements
• Monitor equipment performance and improve automation outputs in collaboration with operational stakeholders
• Identifying and working on Continuous Improvement projects, conception to implementation ownership, for machinery in the Hub/ Mail Centre
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team to achieve common goals

About you

As an experienced multi-skilled engineer you’ll be qualified in electrical and mechanical engineering (minimum ONC Electrical Engineering / NVQ Level 3 – or equivalent). Understanding Health & Safety legislation, you’ll have first-hand experience of maintaining automation equipment with a flexible approach and the ability to communicate complex issues effectively.

You are required to have a full UK driving licence as on occasion you may be asked to travel to other sites.

What happens next?

After initial application, any shortlisted candidates will be required to attend an interview, incorporating practical and verbal assessments. You’ll also be asked to supply proof any quoted formal qualifications at this interview.

About Us

Five centuries in business has made Royal Mail more than a household name. We connect companies, customers, and communities across the country, delivering a ‘one-price-goes-anywhere’, universal postal service to more than 29 million addresses across the UK.

Our market is changing, but as one of the UK's leading companies we are focused on achieving our vision of being recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe. We want to be more commercial, flexible, and efficient and are employing our strong brand and a range of new products and services to achieve this.

Royal Mail is engaged in one of the biggest technological changes in its history, transitioning to a predominantly mechanised parcel sortation process. It’s a very exciting time to join us! To facilitate this change, a huge organisation wide investment in new parcel processing technology is in progress, with the necessary associated investment in engineering. You’ll have a unique opportunity to be a part of this exciting programme, creating a delivery service provider for the future and able to meet customer demand in the emerging “e-commerce” society. A significant opportunity for anyone wishing to further their careers through dedicated commitment.

Any applicant will be expected to fully embrace RM core values and actively contribute to its positive culture.

Job reference number 325203

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

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