Maintenance Team Leader in Didcot

As the Maintenance Team Leader you will lead a team of Engineers and Technicians responsible for the maintenance of a fully automated distribution system. You will be the primary point of contact for the customer concerning the day-to-day operations on-site.

You will also lead all continuous improvement activities that underpin site performance and support the delivery of the maintenance strategy.

This role is on an weekly rotating shift pattern of 8 hour early, late and night shifts, mostly Monday-Friday.

What you\’ll be handling

• Lead a team of Maintenance Engineers, Technicians and apprentices
• Co-ordinate all maintenance activities, planned repairs and reactive repairs of the automated equipment on site, both TGW and third party
• Support the automation to operate at its maximum efficiency ensuring that the customers orders are not missed
• Complete all necessary reports, inclusive of near miss and hazard reporting, shift, maintenance tasks, spare parts usage and toploss, whilst working in DART, CMMS, .SAV Assure and Teams software platforms
• Attend daily customer meetings providing any updates on the automation
• Cover the Site Engineering Manager during holiday and sickness periods
• Manage escalations onsite in line with TGWs escalation procedure
• Ticket management for remote support
• Drive continuous improvement activities on site
• Promote health and safety onsite
• Comply to all current, future health and safety legislation at all times

What you\’ll need

Essential

• Minimum NVQ level 3/BTEC HNC/HND in an Engineering discipline, ideally electrical bias
• Experience leading a leading team
• Strong Electrical and Mechanical maintenance engineering background
• Working knowledge of Siemens S7, Profibus, Canbus, Profinet and ASI Bus
• Proficient communication skills and customer focused
• Ability to work in a time critical environment

Desirable

• Previous experience working within Materials Handling Equipment
• Experience working in maintenance within logistics environments