Engineering Team Leader

Role: Maintenance Team Leader

Location: Castle Donnington

Shifts: Suez (Days and Nights)

Salary: £61,000 per annum plus Pension, Overtime and Training

The Company

I am currently working with Knapp UK on an exclusive bases at one of the flag ship sites in Castle Donington for a number Maintenance Engineers. Knapp are a true leader in the world of automation. They are one of the largest systems integrators in the world with over 7000 employees operating in over 60 countries! Knapp are now turning over close to two billion pounds worldwide and their market continues to grow year after year. As a business they can offer immense amounts of progression opportunities, security and internal/ External training. They provide solutions to some of the largest household brands including Boots, M&S, Primark, The Very group and many more. Knapp invest heavily in R&D priding themselves on first class service to all their customer.

Knapp UK are forever evolving the way they develop, deliver and support their customers to ensure they fulfill their customers demands. They do this through using the latest state of the art technology including OSR shuttle systems, hanging garments, various pick and place robotics and a range of other automation.

On this new site in Castle Donington, since the site opened in 2020 there has been £87 million invested to keep up with the demand of the site, In 2023, there was a large expansion installing some new shuttle systems. With the latest automation and technology the site processes over 120,000 orders a day the sites aim is to get the unit out of the warehouse 30 minutes after the order, showing how state-of-the art and slick the process is. You will be managing a shift team of 6 who are Deputy Team leader, a few engineers and a couple of Automation Assistants. Continuous improvement is a big aim for the site looking at the money invested in the little time that the site has been open They are looking for someone who has passion for longevity of the site and enjoys looking into CI to keep the site moving forward.

The Role

As a Maintenance Team Leader your day to day will look like:

• Team is Team leader, Deputy/Technical Engineer, 3 Engineers and 2 Automation Assistants, also currently 1 final year apprentice on the shift.
• 60/40 split office/on tool.
• Responsible for PPM Planning for the shift, all appraisals, holidays, disciplinary concerns, absence, etc.
• Responsible for onsite critical breakdown management, working with the customer and site Knapp Leadership team to ensure fast response times and accurate communications.
• Customer focused engineering mindset.

The Candidate

In a Maintenance Team leader I am looking for:

• Someone with a recognised engineering qualification
• Has previous experience leading a team
• A strong communicator to be able to manage the shift
• Be able to work in a high pressure and fast moving environment

Benefits

As a Maintenance Team Leader you will receive:

• An annual salary of £61,000 plus overtime

• You will be joining a highly successful £multi-million company who can offer a massive amount of stability and security.
• Opportunity for progression both technically and working your way up into future leadership roles.
• KNAPP will contribute up to 6% pension
• Private healthcare with Vitality includes dental and optical cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee referral scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Employee of the Quarter awards
• Fantastic salary and benefits package.

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