Senior Continental Shift Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Continental Shift Engineer to lead engineering maintenance efforts within their logistics team. This role is pivotal in ensuring the smooth operation of automated equipment across multiple sites. You will manage a skilled team, ensuring they are trained and compliant with health and safety standards. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will play a key role in minimizing downtime while enhancing operational efficiency. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and offers a range of employee benefits, including generous holiday allowances and mental health support.

Benefits

24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays)

Annual bonus scheme

Enhanced maternity and adoption leave

Company pension with up to 8% contribution

Mental Health support

Colleague discount across all brands

Onsite café with subsidised rates

Life Assurance

Paid volunteer time

Qualifications

• Technically competent engineering professional with experience in automated systems.
• Proven ability to manage teams and contractors effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering maintenance engineers and support maintenance team leader.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety requirements and departmental objectives.
• Promote continuous improvements and manage permits to work.

Skills

Engineering Management

Automated Equipment Experience

Health & Safety Compliance

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship

Job description

Job Description

We’re looking for a Senior Continental Shift Engineer to join our Logistics team! N Brown – who we are and why work for us? At N Brown, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment that values equality for all. Our vision is that by ‘championing , we’ll become the most loved and trusted fashion retailer’. Equity and are, therefore, at the heart of our culture. We’re a forward-thinking digital retailer with a financial services proposition to be proud of.

We’re customer-obsessed, serving them through three core brands: JD Williams, Simply Be, and Jacamo. We’re experienced, with over 160 years of trading under our belt. We’re inclusive, as we believe in fashion without boundaries; and we’re sustainable, striving to make as little impact on the planet as possible.

The role As a Senior Continental Shift Engineer you’ll manage the engineering maintenance engineers and support the maintenance team leader in order to provide shift support in line with departmental business objectives, performing reactive, predictive, and planned maintenance on all sites. This role requires working across our logistics sites - you’ll primarily be at Shaw but will also be expected to cover sister sites as and when required.

Shift pattern: You’ll work an average of 42 hours a week – Continental shift pattern.

What’s in it for you?

1. 24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 10 days
2. Annual bonus scheme
3. Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
4. Access to Apricity, a self-funding IVF benefit at a reduced rate
5. Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution
6. Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to our wellbeing champions and counselling services
7. A range of financial wellbeing support
8. Colleague discount across all N Brown brands
9. Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts!
10. Life Assurance
11. Paid volunteer time – all our colleagues can take a full day paid to volunteer for a charity of their choice

What will you do as a Senior Continental Shift Engineer at N Brown?

1. You’ll assist the Team Leader to ensure that the team are adequately trained and certified in order that they can perform their daily tasks in accordance with Health & Safety requirements.
2. You’ll ensure all daily planned and routine work is completed and that all breakdowns are attended to and rectified in line with departmental objectives in a safe manner, causing minimum downtime and preventing business disruption.
3. You’ll assist the Team Leader to ensure recommended and additional spares where required are in the stores, recording and managing spares usage in line with stores procedures and the purchasing system.
4. You’ll assist the Team Leader to effectively lead, motivate, and discipline the team against departmental responsibilities, objectives and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
5. You’ll maintain a hands-on approach when required, to assist on specific tasks or to cover staff shortages.
6. You’ll promote continuous improvements and change through your own initiatives.
7. You’ll actively promote Health and Safety within the team ensuring standard activities have been assessed and have SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) written for them.
8. You’ll maintain a sufficiently hands-on role to ensure technical and practical help is provided when necessary.
9. You’ll ensure all relevant H&S regulations and safe systems of work are adhered to.
10. You’ll issue and manage permits to work in line with procedures when the Team Leader is not present.
11. You’ll set up and run external contracts working with procurement and the Team Leader to support activities in specialist areas, liaising with such contractors when they attend site as necessary.

What skills and experience will you have?

You’ll be a technically competent and qualified engineering professional required to understand the engineering service requirements for automated equipment. Extensive experience gained within an engineering role involving automated equipment is essential. Experience of managing teams and/or contractors is also required. You’ll have a full Engineering Apprenticeship and be able to effectively manage a team of engineers against departmental/business objectives.

Our promise to you: We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

We do not discriminate based on race, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

What happens when you apply to this role as Senior Continental Shift Engineer at N Brown? As soon as we receive your application, we’ll send you an email to let you know. We always aim to come back to you as soon as possible with an update and we really appreciate you taking the time to apply for a role with us. Good luck!