Shift Maintenance Team Leader (Late Shift)
Salary: £55,919 plus company pension scheme, with highly competitive contribution rates
Generous annual leave offering of 22.5 days, plus bank holidays
Permanent, Full time, 40 hours per week
Home Counties North Mail Centre, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7XX
Royal Mail is engaged in one of the biggest technological changes in its history, transitioning to a predominantly mechanised parcel sortation process. It’s a very exciting time to join us! To facilitate this change, a huge organisation wide investment in new parcel processing technology is in progress, with the necessary associated investment in engineering. You’ll have a unique opportunity to be a part of this exciting programme, creating a delivery service provider for the future and able to meet customer demand in the emerging “e-commerce” society.
To support our transformation, we are looking for a Shift Maintenance Team Leader to join the team at the Home Counties North Mail Centre at Hemel Hempstead. If you have a background in engineering with strong skills in electrical automation and hold a relevant engineering qualification, we would love to hear from you.
About the Role
On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible for providing proactive technical leadership, guidance and support for all engineering automation issues within the Mail Centre. You will ensure engineering maintenance is completed to defined standards and is delivered by a competent engineering workforce in a cost-effective manner.
With no direct line management, and reporting to the Operational Shift Manager., you will ensure all relevant Health & Safety Policy and Guidelines are adhered to by Maintenance Teams.
You will also
- Lead and co-ordinate the implementation of maintenance techniques to ensure that the asset performance and availability design criteria is achieved at all times
- Provide and deliver technical training, coaching and development to the engineering maintenance team
- Assist in the risk assessment process relating to automation equipment and Engineering Safe Systems of Work. Deliver modifications and ensure that the configuration status of hardware/software and mechanical set up is up to date and technically managed
- Develop the engineering team on a day-to-day basis, proving support, and advice, conducting annual Individual Performance Reviews and regular development meetings to ensure the highest technical standards are met
Attendance pattern - 14:00 to 22:00 Monday to Friday. A degree of flexibility is required to meet operational demands.
About You
You need to possess, and be able to evidence, the skills and experience listed below:
- Extensive background in automation engineering and maintenance
- Hold an Engineering qualification/electrical qualification to HCN level or equivalent
- Comfortable providing technical leadership, guidance, and support to a large team
- Able to offer technical direction to senior stakeholders in the wider business
- Willing to complete an ILM coaching course when in the role
- Time served Engineering apprenticeship
Closing Date: Sunday 31st August . Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
Extra Benefits
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Discounts and offers - there are 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
- Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 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. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
- Lifestyle benefits - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.
- Financial support - information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*
- Your peace of mind with - 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 perm employees
Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.
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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