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Maintenance Planner/Technical Lead – Key Accountability
About the Role
Dematic didn’t become an intralogistics innovator overnight. It happened through the drive, creative thinking, and dedication of our team members.
Dematic is a global engineering company that designs, builds, and lifecycle supports logistics solutions—optimising material and information flow, from receiving to shipping, within factories, warehouses, or distribution centres.
When you join our team, you’ll be empowered to think big and take charge of your career, shaping your future as you tackle some of the toughest technical and logistical challenges. Your tech-savvy and innovative approach will help us continue transforming the intralogistics industry with world-class solutions.
Key Benefits
- Career development opportunities to grow and advance
- Competitive compensation and benefits, including pay transparency
- Global opportunities to impact operations worldwide
🔗 Learn more about Dematic’s commitment to careers and opportunities
Dematic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, religion or belief, age, sex, national or ethnic origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. All terms and conditions—including recruitment, processes, and development—must adhere to these principles.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety (H&S) legislation at all times
- Manage and enforce H&S systems and processes across the site
- Accountable for planning, execution, and monitoring of the maintenance schedule
- Perform AMHE equipment servicing according to equipment manual standards and timeframes
- Ensure CMMS adoption, accurately recording all work and generating required reports
- Lead and manage a team of maintenance technicians, coordinating shift patterns
- Monitor site inventory and inventory levels
- Conduct scheduled repairs aligned with manufacturers’ recommendations and industry best practices
- Diagnose and repair faults in:
- Mechanical systems
- Electrical systems
- Electronic systems
- PLCs
- PCs (Supporting technical teams as required for complex issues)
- Maintain quality outputs in all maintenance activities
- Engage in continuous improvement and explore sales growth opportunities
- Represent the company professionally at all times, fostering strong customer relations
- Adhere to Quality processes as defined by Dematic
- Risk assess overdue maintenance and prioritise updates to the maintenance plan
- Maintain control of maintenance costs and programme execution
- Define toolbox and PPE requirements for assigned personnel
- Plan inventory of spares for both preventive and reactive outages
- Prepare and submit periodical reports on service activities
- Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and development of Dematic Resident Site Employees
- Conduct short-, medium-, and long-term capacity and capability planning
- Perform annual appraisals for direct reports
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Desired Experience & Qualifications
- Strong understanding of automatic systems, particularly in intralogistics environments
- Technical knowledge of:
- Mechanical, Electrical & Electronic systems
- PLC programming/systems operation
- Technical manuals, schematics, and drawings
- Eligibility/qualification for working-at-height safety
- First Aid training certification
- Previous experience with conveyor systems maintenance and troubleshooting
- PC proficiency, including databases/fleet management software
- Experience with preventive maintenance (PPM) scheduling
- Team management and leadership experience—leading or supervising technical teams
- Application knowledge of applicable H&S regulations
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About KION & Dematic
KION – the Supply Chain Solutions Company – powers logistics globally with over 42,000 employees across 100 countries. Our brands – Linde Material Handling, STILL, Baoli (and regional brands like Fenwick & OM) – shape smarter material handling through robotic automation, AI software, and sustainable energy innovations.
Dematic’s role is to connect, automate, and optimise logistics, merging intelligent industrial automation with our expertise in warehousing, production, and warehouse management systems. Cars, crates, and cash flow seamlessly with our high-speed Dynamic Storage Retrieval Systems. Our AI-powered software ensures supply chain visibility and efficiency.
Join our team—where integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence are core values. Push it forward. Together, we create the magic of smart supply chain solutions.
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