Job reference 325531
Systems Manager
Starting salary £54,207 to 62,661 depending on experince plus 10% bonus & 25 days annual leave, plus pension
Permanent, Full time 41 hours per week
Heathrow Worldwide Dist Centre, Slough, SL3 8AQ
About the role
The Systems Manager is a key member of the engineering leadership team within a busy mail processing centre. You’ll lead engineering teams to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective maintenance of automation assets, while driving performance across key business indicators.
With a focus on asset management and technical reliability, you’ll support and coach colleagues to deliver consistent workplan clearance and a high-quality customer experience. You’ll also lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety, efficiency, and operational performance.
About You
You’re a strong leader with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. You can explain technical issues clearly, make informed decisions, and drive team performance.
You understand maintenance strategies, asset management, and how to use data and technology to improve automation reliability and operational outcomes.
Skills & Experience
* Experience managing safety in an automated environment
* Team leadership and problem-solving skills
* Knowledge of TPM, Lean, and continuous improvement
* Ability to analyse data to support performance
Qualifications
* Engineering or scientific qualification (or working towards)
* Professionally registered (or working towards) with a recognised institute
* PUWER/CE assessor qualified or willing to train
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.
*Available only to perm employees
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions. We plan to hold interviews on the 14th of July 2025.
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.
We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/
Closing Date: 27/06/2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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