Team Leader

Vanderlande; Welton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global logistics solutions provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Team Leader to oversee maintenance operations at a distribution center. You will be responsible for leading and managing the maintenance team as well as ensuring compliance with safety standards. The ideal candidate will have experience in material handling systems and a proactive approach to fault finding. This role offers opportunities for career progression and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme

Health and wellbeing membership

Award-winning recognition platform

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing multi-skilled maintenance teams.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to plan and prioritize workloads effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Vanderlande maintenance team and contractors to optimize performance.
• Ensure contract SLAs are achieved and improved.
• Report on system productivity and team performance.

Skills

Team Leadership

Fault Finding

Effective Communication

Problem Solving

Electro-mechanical Skills

Proactive Attitude

Education

Relevant Vocational and/or Technical Qualifications

ONC/HNC

Tools

PLC Diagnostics

Maximo

Job description

This role will involve maintaining and optimizing the performance of the equipment and staff in terms of operational safety, availability, responsiveness and throughput to meet the contractual service levels. Act as first point of escalation and seek to resolve issues as they arise. Focused on maximizing the operational output of the system. Your responsibilities and activities will include:

• Responsible for the Vanderlande maintenance team and any contractors working on their behalf with the primary objective to achieve optimum work performance, productivity and reliability, including where necessary measures to improve performance.
• Promoting positive morale within the team, a positive High Performing Culture and identifying talent, working with the Site Manager to agree PDP's and active participation in developmental support
• Organise teams in all aspects of working time, presence at work, work rosters, staffing matrix, building access, health and safety inductions, material handling safety requirements, holiday and sickness, absence cover and overtime work.
• Enable plant monitoring, fault detection and correction by use of proven procedures that provide for early detection, well-thought-out prioritisation, speedy response, containment of fault propagation as well as mitigation of impact to the primary operational objectives (i.e. safety, availability, throughput).
• Report building covering system productivity including performance and team performance as well as Verification & validation of the team's contractual performance against predetermined metrics
• Ensure stock is logged out correctly including work order closure and completion
• Ensure correct PPE is worn, permit and LOTO procedures are followed
• Interface to customer in a Professional and Courteous Manner either face to face, telephone, email
• Ensure contract SLAs are consistently achieved and improved
• To be the principal point of contact for the Vanderlande Service Team with regards to the above and responsible for the reporting in accordance with the agreed schedules and company procedures
• Responsible for the Vanderlande service team and any contractors working on their behalf with the primary objective to achieve optimum work performance, productivity and reliability, including where necessary measures to improve performance
• Organise teams in all aspects of working time, presence at work, work rosters, staffing matrix, building access, health and safety inductions, holiday and sickness, absence cover and overtime work.
• Ensure proper handover of shift duties including tools and gear as well as ongoing unresolved matters, areas of concern and plant equipment that was only just returned to service.
• Ensure work is carried out "right first time" and instigate Root for major or repetitive breakdowns
• Attend meetings with the customer and other Vanderlande functions in order liaise and debrief operational matters, pick up, verify and settle concerns, progress joint efforts, propose worthwhile ways ahead while building reliable and trustworthy relationships. Offer strategic insight to the development of the onsite teams.
• Disseminate comprehensive, accurate and presentable reports according to the contractual obligations and other mutual agreements in a timely manner. Ensure all work entered into Maximo correctly and in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the continuous improvement of policies and procedures as well as learning continuously and developing professional potential and ability, YuLife - Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
• A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Achievers - an award-winning recognition platform that inspires to recognise your coworkers where points are awarded that can be exchanged for a range of goods and discounts.
  Understand how to collect, validate sufficient information to carry out root cause analysis and develop recommendations for implementation.
• Strategic planning and delivery for site development and team capability.
• Good interpersonal skills and able to communicate precisely both in writing and verbally at all levels.
• Be computer literate and have ability to read and interpret drawings.
• Be able to plan and prioritise work load.
• Be able to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team. Have previous experience in managing multi skilled maintenance teams
• Previous experience within a Material Handling System, FMCG manufacturing or automated warehousing environment or (essential)
• A proactive approach to fault finding alongside excellent communication skills
• Be a team player with a flexible and pragmatic attitude
• Experience of supporting automated systems with a good level of electro-mechanical skills.
• Relevant vocational and / or technical qualifications.
• ONC/HNC
• Have experience in using PLC's and diagnostics
• Have experience in training/coaching
• Experience in RCA and Lean methodologies
  Vanderlande is the global market leader in baggage handling systems for airports, sorting systems for distribution and postal services and Warehouse Solutions. Working within our customer site at our Sainsburys Distribution Centre, The Team Leader will be leading, coordinating & managing the Service technicians and ESO's to ensure productivity & output, equipment availability, H&S compliance, quality, Maximo reporting and team working is optimized in accordance with agreed timescales