Maintenance Engineer Team Leader - Warehouse Automation

Swisslog UK Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automation solutions firm is seeking a Maintenance Team Leader to manage a team of engineers in a new automated warehouse. This role involves overseeing daily operations, ensuring compliance with KPIs, and delivering excellent service. Candidates should have strong electrical and mechanical skills, ideally with experience in automated equipment and PLC systems. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered for this shift-based position.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven competence in health and safety.
• Experience working on automated equipment such as pallet stacker cranes and conveyors.
• Good health and fitness to work safely at height.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a small team of multi-disciplined engineers.
• Coordinate the daily activities of the Resident Maintenance Engineers.
• Represent the company in a professional manner.

Skills

Electrical maintenance engineering skills

Mechanical maintenance engineering skills

H&S competence

Customer service understanding

Time and workload management skills

Fault finding PLC systems

EN528 Standard knowledge

Software controlled logistic systems

Job description

Overview

Swisslog shape the future of intralogistics with robotic, data-driven and flexible automated solutions that achieve exceptional value for our customers. Swisslog helps forward-thinking companies optimize the performance of their warehouses and distribution centers with future-ready automation systems and software. A member of the KUKA Group, a leading global supplier of intelligent automation solutions with more than 14,000 employees worldwide.

Due to continued expansion Swisslog require a Maintenance Team Leader / Maintenance Supervisor to help maintain and operate a brand new highly automated warehouse at the East Midlands Gateway Logistics Park.

The role will manage and lead a small team of multi-disciplined engineers, delivering all aspects of the engineering service on shift within key KPI guidelines. The role will manage and coordinate the daily activities of the team of Resident Maintenance Engineers through effective planning and organisation and represent Swisslog in a professional manner at all times.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a small team of multi-disciplined engineers, delivering all aspects of the engineering service on shift within key KPI guidelines.
• Manage and coordinate the daily activities of the team of Resident Maintenance Engineers through effective planning and organisation.
• Represent Swisslog in a professional manner at all times.

Qualifications

• Electrical and Mechanical maintenance engineering skills
• Proven competence in H&S
• Ideally experience working on automated equipment such as pallet stacker cranes, conveyors, light goods conveyor and monorail systems
• Demonstrable understanding of the principles of excellent customer service
• Effective time and workload management skills
• Ideally experience of fault finding PLC systems (S5, S7, safety PLCs)
• Experience working to EN528 Standard
• Knowledge of software controlled logistic systems and understanding of daily operational problems in a logistics centre
• Use of CMMS for PPM’s and fault logging for reporting and identifying CI
• Good level of health and fitness and to be able to work safely at height

Swisslog offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package disclosed on application. The role is shift based on an attractive continental style system.

Please apply as soon as possible to be considered for this attractive Maintenance Engineer position.