Automation Maintenance Technician - Fixed Term 12 months

Royal Mail, Royston, Glasgow City

Automation Maintenance Technician - Fixed Term 12 months

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Royal Mail, Royston, Glasgow City

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 18 Oct | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: b5d0265f9d824a8c88d4b8ba0960e8b1

Full Job Description

The successful candidate will be required to follow the Glasgow Mail Centre shift rotation system, as outlined below with some degree of voluntary flexibility to meet our 24/7 operational needs on occasion, including voluntary overtime coverage and occasional shift pattern flexibility.

The role will cover early, late and nights, typical attendance is below:
Week 1
- Sunday
- Sunday 22:00
- 07:10 Week 2
- Monday
- Friday 14:28
- 22:10Week 3
- Monday
- Friday 07:00
- 15:34 Saturday 07:00
- 19:00 and Sunday 08:00
- 20:00 Week 4
- 6 days off then start back Sunday night shift again
The Role

Shift attendance equates to 40 hours hours per week
- Full time.
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
- Performing continuous improvement activities
- 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 own initiative and as part of a team to achieve common goals

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 as on occasion you may be asked to travel to other sites., Disability Confident
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Royal Mail is something special, a well-loved brand people can rightly be proud of. We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don't, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. Our people are at the heart of our business and are integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.

We are now recruiting for Automation Maintenance Technician at our Glasgow Mail Centre, St Rollox Business Park, Glasgow, G21 1AA site.
Salary: £51,051 per annum, plus night shift allowance of £5,100 per annum (pro rota) 22.5 days annual leave with bank holidays and a defined contribution pension scheme. A weekend supplement for Saturday (£51 per attendance) and Sunday (£102 per attendance) shift attendance is applicable., 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.

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.

Any applicant will be expected to fully embrace RM core values and actively contribute to its positive culture.