Technician

Rsgroup; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health plans

Discounts

Job summary

RS in Nuneaton is seeking a maintenance technician to join the facilities team. You will provide on-shift maintenance, inspections, and CI projects for control equipment and handling equipment at the Nuneaton DC. The role requires electrical strength, multi-skill capability, and a willingness to work rotating shift patterns.

Permanent contract with site-based work and overtime opportunities. The department delivers reliable operation, aims for zero downtime and safe, efficient order fulfilment.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or above in maintenance or an apprenticeship.
• Experience with MHE equipment and electro‑mechanical systems.
• Electrical qualifications to work with 3‑phase 400V.
• Knowledge of COSHH and PUWER regulations.
• Good MS Office skills.
• Willing to work night shifts and overtime.
• Ability to interpret electrical, pneumatic, mechanical and PLC drawings.
• Health & Safety is a priority.

Responsibilities

• Respond to equipment failure calls, prioritising tasks to maximise resources.
• Coordinate with Shift Supervisor/Manager to align activities.
• Maintain a clean, safe workshop and working environment.
• Identify training needs and develop new skills as required.
• Liaise with external contractors and oversee their tasks.
• Comply with company H&S rules and regulations.
• Apply root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Perform routine planned maintenance on MHE equipment.
• Record activities for traceability and future fault analysis.
• Update Agility and other stores systems for parts stock.

Skills

MHE maintenance

Electrical 400V

COSHH & PUWER

HSE awareness

MS Office

Electrical drawings

PLC drawings

Shift flexibility

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above (Maintenance)

Apprenticeship (Maintenance)

Job description

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Location

Nuneaton, GB, CV10 7RS

Brand: RS

Function: Supply Chain

Work Location: Office Based

Location: This is site based role, working out of the Nuneaton DC

Contract Type: Permanent

Shift Pattern

Rotating 6-2, 2-10 Monday to Friday (+ 15% shift allowance)

Rotating 6-2, 2-10 Monday to Friday

The Opportunity

To provide on a shift basis, preventative, reactive and continuous improvement (project) Maintenance services including inspection, diagnosis, repair, calibration, improvements and upgrading of control equipment and handling equipment. This position requires a multi-skilled, but Electrically strong candidate.

The Department

The Facilities operation is responsible for the reliable and safe operation of all equipment processes for the Nuneaton site. Our goal is to deliver zero downtime, zero accidents and 100% customer order fulfilment to the schedules set out by the logistics and operations function.

What You Will Be Doing

• Respond to calls in areas of equipment failure, prioritising tasks to maximise the use of available resource.
• liaise and communicate daily with the Shift Supervisor and/or Manager to ensure activities are correctly aligned and passed over for operational needs.
• Maintain the working environment and workshops in a safe and tidy condition, with high level of housekeeping
• Identify personal training requirements and carry out requested training; be prepared to develop skills in fields you are unfamiliar with.
• Liaise and work with external contractors when requested, overseeing their tasks and assessing their competence.
• Ensure you work compliant with company H&S rules and statutory H&S regulations.
• Apply Failure Analysis or Root Cause Analysis to equipment failures and put in place follow-up proposals / actions to eliminate any future repetition.

Proactive and CI duties

• Complete routine planned maintenance and servicing on all MHE equipment to maximise availability and operability of all plant & equipment.
• Record and document activity in an orderly and professional manner to ensure traceability of data and improve fault finding capability on repetitive faults.
• Utilise the stores system; maintain and update records of parts used in Agility; to enhance availability and cost effectiveness of parts stock to minimise repair times and maximise first time fix. Incrementing and decrementing spares stock levels.
• Access and update the PPM Agility system to sign off job sheets.
• Propose and carry out CI projects which embrace technical innovation, company vision and equipment uptime.
• Assist in the installation, commissioning and trials of equipment as directed by supervision.
• React to Mechanical Handling Equipment (MHE), and (where necessary Building Engineering Services) equipment breakdowns and conduct first response repairs, maximising equipment uptime.
• Liaise closely with control room and operations to prioritise maintenance activities to best match operational needs.
• Record relevant information accurately and professionally to assist in the target of continuous equipment improvement.

What You’ll Bring

• Recognised Maintenance Qualification (NVQ Level 3 or above) or Apprenticeship or equivalent Maintenance experience. (Ofqual Level 3: i.e. BTEC Nationals, awards, certificates and diplomas Level 3, Cambridge Technical Level 3)
• Experience with MHE equipment, electro-mechanical systems and detection equipment.
• Able to demonstrate suitable Electrical qualifications to work with 3ph 400V circuits.
• Knowledge of Maintenance Risk activities, assessing and auditing tasks for safe working adherence.
• An understanding of legal compliance in a maintenance environment including COSHH & PUWER.
• General PC skills using Microsoft office packages.
• The role is a physically demanding role at times, with the need to climb, crawl and carry out various manual handling tasks.
• Ability and willingness to work nightshift and reasonable overtime.
• Able to interpret electrical, pneumatic, mechanical and PLC drawings and schematics.
• Role model first class levels of Health & Safety behaviour.

We Are RS

We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we’re a trusted partner to the world’s leading industries.

We’re looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact.

Rewards

Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

• Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
• Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
• Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
• Spotlight - our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values

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