AddressElectrical Maintenance EngineerCorby, NN17Full Time, Permanent
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2 weekly rotating shift patterns (Monday to Friday*):
Week 1: 06:30 – 14:00Week 2: 14:00 – 21:30
*Some out-of-hours cover will be required, and paid overtime is available
Sometimes things go wrong, we know it and you know it. The important thing is to have experts on hand to repair breakdowns and hopefully prevent future issues. That’s where our techs come in!
This role will be ideal if you are currently working in a warehouse or manufacturing environment but are either looking for new kit to work on or just want that Monday-to-Friday feeling.
If you love fixing things and making a huge difference in the place you work, then this is the place for you.
What will you be doing?
Working in the warehouse you will be responsible for all planned maintenance and reactive repairs on our electrical equipment. As you stroll around the distribution centre with your technician hat on it will be great if you can identify opportunities for improvement, develop proposals and implement solutions that improve the day-to-day operations.
The most important thing that your role revolves around its health and safety, at RS we pride ourselves on it, so ensuring you do what needs to be done in the safest way is essential. Finally, it will be down to you to pass on your knowledge through mentoring, coaching, and training; sometimes you will be on holiday, so you need to have someone ready to back you up.
About you
We are looking for a fully qualified electrically biased technician with training and experience in fault-finding and repair; basic electronics, industrial electrical applications, pneumatics and hydraulics, motor/gearboxes, drives, conveyors, tools, and equipment. You will also need:
- Experience working in a warehousing/manufacturing / FMCG environment
- Experience working on PLC's & conveyor controls is essential
- Time spent working in a time-pressured environment
- Excellent problem-solving and analysis skills
- Brilliant communication skills
- A health and safety mindset
- The ability to work in a team and be professional at all times.
Apply now and spark your new career.
What’s in it for you?
At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK&I, we’ve just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:
- Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation
- Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome
- Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause
- Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery
We are RS
At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.
Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.
We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.
We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems.
We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do.
Come and join us and over 2,000 colleagues in the UK – and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too
This employer is a corporate member of myGwork - LGBTQ+ professionals, the business community for LGBTQ+ professionals, students, inclusive employers & anyone who believes in workplace equality.
