Maintenance Team Leader

Royal Mail; Overstone; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

22.5 days annual leave + bank holidays

Fixed-term contract

Job summary

Royal Mail is seeking a Maintenance Team Leader for the Midlands Super Hub in Crick (NN6 7GZ). The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract, full-time, night shift (22:00–06:30), leading engineering maintenance and automation activities with a focus on safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Candidate should have an engineering apprenticeship, electrical qualification at HCN level or above, and proven ability to lead a technical team.

Qualifications

• Time served Engineering apprenticeship
• Engineering electrical qualification to HCN level or equivalent (desirable)
• NVQ3 electro/mechanical with experience of leading a team
• Training, coaching and developing a technical team

Responsibilities

• Lead and co-ordinate the implementation of maintenance techniques to ensure asset performance and availability criteria are met
• Provide and deliver technical training, coaching and development to the engineering maintenance team
• Assist in risk assessment relating to automation equipment and Engineering Safe Systems of Work; deliver modifications and ensure hardware/software config is up to date
• Develop the engineering team day-to-day, including performance reviews and development meetings
• Provide technical direction aligned with business values and standards
• Challenge unacceptable behaviour within the mail centre engineering community
• Ensure Health & Safety policies and guidelines are adhered to by maintenance teams

Job description

We're currently innovating and transforming our business for the future, adapting towards a parcel delivery market, as well as taking environmental responsibility for our impact as a business. To get there, we need exceptionally talented and bright people., On a day to day basis, you will provide proactive technical leadership, guidance, and support for all engineering automation activities within the Hub. You will ensure that all engineering maintenance is completed to defined standards and delivered by a competent engineering workforce, while maintaining a strong focus on safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. You will also

Responsibilities

• Lead and co-ordinate the implementation of maintenance techniques to ensure that the asset performance and availability design criteria is achieved at all times
• Provide and deliver technical training, coaching and development to the engineering maintenance team
• Assist in the risk assessment process relating to automation equipment and Engineering Safe Systems of Work. Deliver modifications and ensure that the configuration status of hardware/software and mechanical set up is up to date and technically managed
• Develop the engineering team on a day-to-day basis, proving support, and advice, conducting annual Individual Performance Reviews and regular development meetings to ensure the highest technical standards are met
• Offer technical direction in-keeping with Business Values and standards, explaining as necessary
• Challenge unacceptable behaviour, bullying and harassment, within the mail centre engineering community
• Ensure all relevant Health & Safety Policy and Guidelines are adhered to by Maintenance Teams

Attendance: Full time, night shift, Monday to Friday 22:00 - 06:30

Are you a proactive, focused candidate with a background in engineering? Have you got strong skills in electrical automation and hold a relevant engineering qualification? If so, we are looking for a Maintenance Team Leader on a 12 month fixed term contract to join our Midlands Super Hub based at Crick.

Qualifications and Experience

• Time served Engineering apprenticeship
• Engineering electrical qualification to HCN level or equivalent (desirable)
• NVQ3 electro/mechanical with experience of leading a team
• Training, coaching and developing a technical team

At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.

We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don't, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs. An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations. Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.

Salary: £60,016 per annum

plus company pension scheme, with highly competitive contribution rates

22.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Fixed Term, 12 month contract

Full time, 40 hours per week

Midlands Super Hub, Dirft Drive, Crick, NN6 7GZ