Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician

Location: This is a site-based role, working out of our Nuneaton DC.

Contract Type: Permanent

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.

Shift Pattern: Rotating 6-2, 2-10 Monday to Friday

What You Will Be Doing:

• Respond to calls in areas of equipment failure, prioritising tasks to maximise the use of available resources.
• 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 a 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 and 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.

Reactive duties:

• 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.
• 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.

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.

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