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Deputy Maintenance Team Leader

Castle Donington
6 days ago
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Deputy Maintenance Team Leader, Castle Donington, £56,369, private healthcare, 6% pension, 22 shifts of holiday, O.T paid at x1.5 and 2.0, tons of training and progression Opportunities

Suez (Days and Nights)

Why You should Join:

-            Working for a market leader in state-of-the-art automation – working on leading automation kit including conveyors, cranes, robotics.

-            Opportunities for progression – various routes of progression into projects, leadership and technical progression

-            Full comprehensive training – an extensive training matrix with tons of external training

Company:

I am proud to be working with a global systems integrator within the warehousing industry, the company design, manufacture and install automation for product retrieval and storage to then provide a resident site maintenance team. Working with some huge names across the UK. Constantly growing in the UK and now operational in over 60 countries across the world.

This state-of-the-art site covers the latest automation and is at the forefront of automated logistics partnering with a large online business and receives a huge amount of investment into their engineers and machinery on site. As an assistant maintenance team leader, you will step into a role that allows tons of progression in the future.

The Role:

 As an deputy maintenance team leader your role will include

-            stepping in for the TL – dealing with running and organising shift in his absence

-            driving health and safety, technical support of engineers and liaising with production

-           being heavily involved with the hands-on nature of the role – breakdowns/PPM Work

The Person

Our client is looking for a deputy maintenance team leader who

-            Has a level 3 qualification – requirement of electrical modules within this qualification

-            ideal experience working in a manufacturing, food or logistics environment

-            confident and happy to work electrically

-            happy to work within a team environment

The Benefits:

Our client has a strong range of benefits that make this a very compelling opportunity, a fantastic salary package with yearly pay reviews and opportunities to make further salary and a great benefits package on offer. In terms of training and progression – if you’re looking to grow your career this is the perfect business for you, tons of external courses and internal training as well as opportunities to move upwards in the business.

If you think you are right for this role, please press apply or call AJ on (phone number removed) or alternatively email AJ on .

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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