Team Leader - Heerlen

TGW Group; Heerlen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market conform salary with 30% shift-3

8% holiday allowance

Travel allowance €0.23 per km (max 100

32 holidays + age days

Collective health insurance

Bicycle plan

Employee insurance

Job summary

TGW Group is building and leading a new, highly automated distribution centre in Heerlen, Netherlands. You will head maintenance for the on-site automation, coordinating a 5-shift pattern with a skilled team and ensuring peak performance supported by the latest TGW technology and CMMS tools.

You will manage customer and stakeholder communications, drive continuous improvement, and report on site performance while developing the team through regular reviews and PDIs.

Qualifications

• Must have a technical diploma (MBO-4 or higher).
• Mechanical, electrical and software skills developed over years.
• Fluent Dutch and English; experience leading a team.
• Experience in operational engineering in a similar environment.
• Knowledge of Siemens S7, Profibus, Canbus, Profinet and ASI Bus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate maintenance activities and repairs of automated equipment with the maintenance team in a 5-shift pattern.
• Lead, mentor, and conduct regular 121 reviews and PDIs for team development.
• Utilize internal networks to support site performance and identify improvements.
• Report on performance, attend customer meetings, identify improvements and opportunities.
• Use CMMS/SAV/DART tools to ensure continuous improvement and proper reporting.
• Perform audits of site processes and follow up on corrective actions.
• Drive daily improvements to optimize site quality and efficiency of automation.
• Prepare reports (near-miss, hazard, shift, spare parts usage) in DART/CMMS/SAV Assure/Teams.

Skills

Team leadership

Mechanical skills

Electrical skills

Software skills

Dutch language

English language

Education

MBO-4 technical diploma

Electrical qualification (MBO-2)

Tools

Siemens S7

Profibus

Canbus

Profinet

ASI Bus

Job description

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• A dynamic, open and informal working environment with pleasant colleagues
• Immediate a permanent contract with a market conform salary (30% shift allowance because of the 5 shifts pattern) and 8% holiday allowance
• Travel allowance € 0,23 per kilometre (max. 100 km per day)
• 32 holidays plus extra age days in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement
• Excellent secondary employment conditions, including collective health insurance, a bicycle plan and generous employee insurance

Job Introduction

How great is it to build and lead your own team at a brand-new, highly automated distribution centre? As an experienced leader with a passion for technology and people management, this is your opportunity to take your career to the next level.

You will join the newest automated distribution centre in the Netherlands, supporting a leading international sports fashion retailer with more than 4,500 stores across 36 countries. Together with a global 3PL logistics provider, a state-of-the-art 60,000 m² distribution centre is being developed in Heerlen, which will serve as the central logistics hub for all EU operations.

This advanced omnichannel facility will combine all European volumes into one highly automated site. Cutting-edge technology includes a TGW automation system with 675 Stingray shuttles, more than 284,000 storage locations and a capacity of 4.8 million units, complemented by a Skyfall pouch system with 90,000 pouches and other innovative logistics solutions provided by leading OEM partners.

WHAT YOU’LL BE HANDLING

• You co-ordinate all maintenance activities, planned repairs and reactive repairs of the automated equipment on site with your maintenance team in a 5 shift pattern
• You motivate your team and conduct regular 121's and annual PDIs to support team development and performance
• You use internal networks across LTS to support site performance, identify improvements, and contribute to site success
• You will be reporting and monitoring performance, attend customer meetings, identifying successes, and opportunities to improve
• You will be using internal tools such as .SAV, DART and CMMS (or other project-specific systems) to ensure continuous improvement
• You perform audits of site processes to ensure compliance, implementing audit follow-up actions to improve the site
• You identify opportunities to improve daily working practices to improve quality and performance and support the automation to operate at its maximum efficiency
• You complete all necessary reports, including near-miss and hazard reports, shift reports, maintenance tasks, spare parts usage reports, and top-loss reports, while working in DART, CMMS, SAV Assure, and Teams software platforms
• You attend daily customer meetings, providing any updates on the automation
• You manage escalations onsite in line with TGW’s Escalation procedure

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• You have a technical diploma at least MBO-4 level and have developed mechanical, electrical and software skills over the years
• If your MBO-4 diploma is not electrical, you need at least an electrical qualification at a MBO-2 level
• You have previous experience working in an operational engineering role within a similar environment
• You have great language skills (Dutch and English) and are experienced in leading a team or coaching and mentoring team members
• You have working knowledge of Siemens S7, Profibus, Canbus, Profinet and ASI Bus
• You will start working in 2 shifts which we will build up to a 4 shift and then a 5 shift pattern
• You are able to work in a time-critical environment
• You are experienced in managing customer/stakeholder communications and relationships