Royal Mail
Automation Maintenance Engineer (Pool)
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Automation Maintenance Technician at Chester Mail Centre
We are now recruiting for an Automation Maintenance Technician at our Chester Mail Centre, Chester West Employment Park, Chester, CH1 4PA site.
Salary: £54,791 per annum, plus night shift allowance, 22.5 days annual leave with bank holidays and a defined contribution pension scheme. A weekend supplement for Saturday (£54.73 per attendance) and Sunday (£109.47 per attendance) shift attendance is applicable. You may be eligible for a welcome bonus of £1,500. Payment is subject to terms and conditions.
Shift attendance equates to 40 hours per week (excluding meal breaks) - Various.
The successful candidate will be required to cover the Chester Mail Centre shift rotation system, as outlined below with some degree of flexibility to meet our 24/7 operational needs, including overtime coverage and shift pattern flexibility.
This role is a Pool position, requiring significant adaptability/flexibility as you’ll be stepping in for other Technicians during their annual leave or sick leave. Outside of these periods, your standard shift will be the day shift, typically from 06:00 to 14:30, Monday to Friday.
The role will require cover on early, late, and night shifts
- Earlies - Mon to Fri 06.30 to 14.10, Sat 06.30 to 18.30 but may be 10.00 to 22.00 depending on who takes leave as it is a split shift, plus Sunday 06.40 to 19.00
- Lates - Mon to Fri 14.00 to 21.59
- Nights - Sun 19.00 to 06.40, Mon to Fri 21.45 to 06.40
Royal Mail is engaged in one of the biggest technological changes in its history, transitioning to a predominantly mechanised parcel sortation process. It’s a very exciting time to join us! To facilitate this change, a huge organisation-wide investment in new parcel processing technology is in progress, with the necessary associated investment in engineering. You’ll have a unique opportunity to be a part of this exciting programme, creating a delivery service provider for the future and able to meet customer demand in the emerging “e-commerce” society. A significant opportunity for anyone wishing to further their careers through dedicated commitment.
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The Role
Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of automation assets through completion of effective maintenance procedures.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Perform maintenance tasks, including preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance
- Provide effective and efficient support to the Engineering Manager, Maintenance Team Leader, and Engineering Team Coaches, completion of end-of-shift reports, fault logging, and data entry
- Identify the root cause of automation breakdowns and prioritize corrective actions to meet operational processing requirements
- Monitor equipment performance and improve automation outputs in collaboration with operational stakeholders
- Identifying and working on Continuous Improvement projects, conception to implementation ownership, for machinery in the Hub/Mail Centre
- Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team to achieve common goals
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About You
As an experienced multi-skilled engineer you’ll be qualified in electrical and mechanical engineering (minimum ONC Electrical Engineering/NVQ Level 3 – or equivalent). Understanding Health & Safety legislation, you’ll have first-hand experience of maintaining automation equipment, ideally Programme Logic Controllers (PLC), along with a flexible approach and the ability to communicate complex issues effectively.
You are required to have a full UK driving licence (manual) as on occasion you may be asked to travel to other sites.
What happens next?
After initial application, any shortlisted candidates will be required to attend an interview, incorporating practical and verbal assessments. You’ll also be asked to supply proof of any quoted formal qualifications at this interview.
About Us
Five centuries in business has made Royal Mail more than a household name. We connect companies, customers, and communities across the country, delivering a ‘one-price-goes-anywhere’, universal postal service to more than 29 million addresses across the UK.
Our market is changing, but as one of the UK's leading companies we are focused on achieving our vision of being recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe. We want to be more commercial, flexible, and efficient and are employing our strong brand and a range of new products and services to achieve this.
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