At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain and optimise automated warehouse systems for operational excellence.
- Company: Join H&M Group, a global leader in fashion with a vibrant culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy staff discounts, health support, and extensive development opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on inclusivity and sustainability.
- Why this job: Be part of a team driving innovation in logistics and automation.
- Qualifications: Knowledge in mechanics, electronics, and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
As a DC Automation Technician you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimising automated warehouse systems in line with global MHE standards.
- Perform preventive, reactive, and emergency maintenance on MHE to ensure operational excellence, quality, and efficiency.
- Monitor automation and attend to any visible disruption to the Automation in a timely manner.
- Implement first-level fixes for automation issues, communicating with local MHE team and escalating to relevant stakeholders when necessary.
- Execute MHE improvement work, repairs, and modifications to enhance operational performance and efficiency.
- Support installation work, planned maintenance, and cost-saving initiatives.
- Support daily operations based on business needs.
- Collaborate with Production to ensure that the right priorities are secured, to best support operational needs and efficiency.
- Align maintenance activities with regional and global MHE operating principles and standards.
- Ensure compliance with and follow up on health, environmental, and safety directives.
As a DC Automation Technician, you work in close collaboration with warehouse operational teams, maintaining constant communication with Team Leaders and Managers to ensure any automation-related disruptions are quickly identified, reported, and prioritised in line with operational needs. You report directly to the Automation Team Leader, keeping them informed of system performance, issues, and ongoing maintenance activities. You also work closely with the wider MHE and SSI teams, escalating complex faults or fixes that cannot be resolved at first level or by Jam Busters, ensuring expert support is engaged promptly to minimise downtime and maintain safe, efficient operations.
We are looking for people with…
- Understanding of regional and global logistics and MHE standards.
- Knowledge in mechanics, electronics and automation.
- Positive approach to change, ability to rapidly adapt to new system features, driving improvements.
- Good communication and collaboration skills, able to co-create in an inclusive and diverse way.
- Ability to plan and prioritise based on workload and operational impact.
- Structured task completion, proactive problem-solving, and process optimisation.
At H&M Group, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. Our employees receive a staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Help@Hand and Retail Trust – complimentary service which includes remote GP, Mental Health support, physiotherapy and many other benefits. Our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. Discounted gym membership.
Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are. Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.
DC Automation Technician in Milton Keynes employer: H
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