Jobs at Royal Mail in United Arab Emirates

Royal Mail is something special, a well–loved brand people can rightly be proud of. 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. Our people are at the heart of our business and are integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.

Maintenance Team Leader
Salary: £58,268 pa, company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates, 22.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
Location: Northern Ireland Mail Centre, Newtownabbey, BT36 4HQ.
Type: Permanent, Full time.

• Manage a team of automation engineers and team coaches.
• Develop, motivate the team through coaching, training and development.
• Own and co‑ordinate the Mail Centre maintenance plan for automation equipment, ensuring asset performance and availability design criteria is achieved.
• Lead daily preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance to optimise automation assets.
• Act as the technical link between engineering and operations, communicating maintenance plans and updates to the engineering teams.
• Oversee implementation of approved equipment modifications and maintain configuration accuracy.
• Conduct audits, support reporting, data collection and root cause analysis for all maintenance, performance and event breakdowns and faults.
• Manage engineering risk assessments and ensure Safe Systems of Work are accurate and displayed.
• Monitor maintenance costs and manage engineering tools and spares using SAP.
• Ensure technical resources meet operational and maintenance demands.
• Have a hand‑on approach and support ad‑hoc maintenance and modification duties.

• Extensive background in automation engineering and maintenance.
• Hold an electrical engineering qualification – NVQ 3/ONC/HNC or equivalent (essential).
• Experienced at leading large teams of engineers, providing technical leadership, guidance and support to the team and senior stakeholders.
• Reporting, data analysis and experience of using SAP based systems.

Monday to Friday, approximately 07:30–16:00 with a degree of flexibility.

If selected, the next stage of the process will be an interview plus presentation on the 19th February.

Tuesday 10th February (this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached).

• Family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.
• Discounts and offers – more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay.
• Wellbeing – 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life, from your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice (free, and for everyone).
• Lifestyle benefits – purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products (tax‑advantaged payments).
• Financial support – information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*.
• Peace of mind – Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner.
• Free & discounted RMG products – free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts.
• Free stamps at Christmas* (available only to permanent employees).

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

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