Engineering Technician

Pets at Home; Creswell; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Private health insurance

Annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday day off

Discount scheme

Life assurance

Treats program

Job summary

Pets at Home (Stafford Fulfilment Centre) is seeking an Engineering Technician to maintain automated materials handling and related facilities. You will perform reactive and proactive maintenance to maximise equipment availability and throughput across a high-automation FC.

The role requires a multi-skilled engineer with electrical and mechanical experience, including conveyors, control systems, fault finding, and interpreting drawings.

Qualifications

• Multi skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems.
• Experience fault finding within MHE/Automation systems.
• Experience in interpreting both mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Experience of conveyor maintenance, motor controllers/inverters.
• Served a full engineering indentured apprenticeship and/or qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Put health & safety best practices first in all work conducted and comply with standards.
• Conduct planned preventative maintenance on site equipment.
• React quickly to breakdowns and communicate with affected parties.
• Support continuous improvement by feedback to line manager.
• Provide high equipment availability to internal customers.
• Support the management of contractors.

Skills

Electrical & mechanical

MHE maintenance

Fault finding

Conveyor maintenance

Reading electrical drawings

Education

Engineering apprenticeship

NVQ level 3

Job description

Engineering Technician

Stafford Fulfilment Centre

£53,000 + 10% shift allowance | 40.25 hrs per week | 4 on 4 off, 12 hr shifts, days and nights rotation

AtPets, our aim is to give the nation’s pets what they need to be at their ball-chasing, tail-wagging best. Because we will not rest until every spaniel has a squeezy toy. Every calico has a cat tree. Every rabbit has a run. We are motivated to find the best talent in the Logistics & Distribution industry. Right now, we are looking for aTechnicianto join ourEngineering Teamat our Fulfilment Centre inStafford.

The Role

Our Fulfilment Centre includes a high degree of automation, containing an automated storage and retrieval system and associated conveyance, designed to streamline and improve the existing e-commerce side of the business.

We are looking to recruit engineering technicians with experience in the maintenance of MHE (materials handling equipment) and other assets, to compliment the operation of the facility.

The engineering technician will be responsible in providing both a reactive and pro-active maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure within the FC. The role has a direct impact on the site, its productivity and operation. If equipment is not available or performs badly, it minimises the capacity and throughput of the site.

Key Responsibilities

• To put health & safety best practices first in all work conducted, ensuring compliance with all health & safety standards and regulations.
• To conduct planned preventative maintenance on the full range of equipment within the site.
• To react quickly to breakdowns, and to communicate clearly with affected parties and to work efficiently to fix the issue.
• To support continuous improvement by learning from breakdowns and sending feedback and suggestions for improvements through the line manager.
• To provide prominent levels of equipment availability to our internal customers.
• To support the management of contractors.

Qualifications

• Multi skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems.
• Experience fault finding within MHE (Material Handling Equipment)/Automation systems.
• Experience in interpreting both mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Experience of conveyor maintenance, motor controllers/inverters.
• Served a full engineering indentured apprenticeship and/or qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 or equivalent.

Experience

• Experience of sortation machines.
• Experience in maintaining/configuring bar code scanners.
• Experience with print and apply machines.
• Experience in fault finding on building equipment i.e., HVAC, dock doors, plumbing, electrical and general building maintenance tasks.

What you will get in return

• Attractive rates of pay.
• Annual Leave (including Bank holidays), with an increase after 2 years continuous service.
• An extra day’s holiday when it is your birthday.
• Stakeholder pension plan
• Personal Health Insurance scheme (if in Pension Scheme)
• Life assurance
• 20% Pets at Home discount scheme after 12 weeks service
• Pets’ “Treats” voluntary benefits package

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“Pets just see people. They are not biased, and they do not discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience do not perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!”