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Shift maintenance team leader

Newtownabbey
Permanent
Royal Mail
Maintenance team leader
€58,268 a year
Posted: 12h ago
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Overview

Shift Maintenance Team Leader. Salary: £58,268 pa, company pension scheme, with highly competitive contribution rates, 22.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. Permanent, Full time. Northern Ireland Mail Centre, Newtownabbey, BT36 4HQ.

It's an exciting time for Royal Mail Engineering and Design as we transform how we work. Our Engineering vision focuses on innovation and transforming operational processes to improve pace and quality for customers and support the business net zero strategy. With improvements deployed and more underway, the demand is growing to scale up across the business.

We have a vacancy for a Maintenance Team Leader to join our dedicated Engineering team at the Northern Ireland Mail Centre.

In this key role, you'll provide first line technical leadership, guidance and support to engineers across the Mail Centre, ensuring our automation equipment performs at its best. As a leader within our engineering function, you'll deliver a high quality maintenance service that keeps our operation running smoothly and efficiently, owning the Mail Centre maintenance plan to ensure our automation assets meet performance and availability targets.


Responsibilities

* Manage a team of automation engineers and team coaches — develop, motivate the team through coaching, training and development.
* Own and co-ordinate the Mail Centre maintenance plan for automation equipment, ensuring asset performance and availability criteria are achieved.
* Lead daily preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance to optimise automation assets.
* Act as the technical link between engineering and operations, communicating maintenance plans and updates to the engineering teams.
* Oversee implementation of approved equipment modifications and maintain configuration accuracy.
* Conduct audits, support reporting, data collection and root cause analysis for maintenance, performance events, breakdowns and faults.
* Manage engineering risk assessments and ensure Safe Systems of Work are accurate and displayed.
* Monitor maintenance costs and manage engineering tools and spares using SAP.
* Ensure technical resources meet operational and maintenance demands.
* Provide hands-on support for ad-hoc maintenance and modification duties.


Attendance

Monday to Friday, approx 07:30 – 16:00 with a degree of flexibility.


About You

You need to demonstrate the following skills and experience on your application.

* Extensive background in automation engineering and maintenance.
* Hold an electrical engineering qualification – NVQ 3/ONC/HNC or equivalent (essential).
* Experience in leading large teams of engineers, providing technical leadership, guidance, and support to the team and senior stakeholders.
* Experience in reporting, data analysis and using SAP-based systems.


Closing Date

Tuesday 10 February. This advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.


Next Steps

If selected, the next stage of the process will be an interview plus presentation on 19 February.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please refer to royal mail group information in our materials.


Extra Benefits

* Family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.
* Discounts and offers – more than 800 offers to help you save on groceries, days out, holidays and household bills.
* Supportive and generous company sick pay.
* Your Wellbeing – 24/7 access to services and tools for physical and mental health, financial and social support and advice.
* Lifestyle benefits – you can purchase car, bike, home tech or mobile; regular salary deductions may provide tax benefits.
* Financial support – information and services to manage debt and grow financial knowledge with debt consolidation and savings plans.
* Your peace of mind – Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Life Insurance, hospital and death benefit plans; voluntary critical illness cover.
* Free & discounted Royal Mail Group products – free keep safe and redirection, partner discounts; free stamps at Christmas.

*Available only to permanent employees.


Your career in safe hands

At Royal Mail we value our people and want them to be proud to work for our businesses. We are committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals, including Armed Forces community members. If you require adjustments during the hiring process, please discuss with your recruiter when contacted.

Royal Mail Group is committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality, investing in technologies such as electric vehicles and other energy improvements to our estate. If you have any questions, please reach out to the recruiter for details on the interview process and preparation.

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