Automation Maintenance Engineer

Are you a skilled multi-disciplinary engineer looking for a role that challenges and rewards? We're seeking a Automation Maintenance Engineer, at our Greenford Mail Centre, to ensure the smooth running of our cutting-edge automation systems. Royal Mail is engaged in one of the biggest technological changes in our history, transitioning to a predominantly mechanised parcel sortation process. To facilitate this change, a huge organisation wide investment in new parcel processing technology is in progress, with the necessary associated investment in engineering and maintenance. Will you join us as an automation engineer to keep the nations deliveries moving?, You'll be 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 professional experience). Understanding Health & Safety, you'll have first-hand experience of maintaining automation equipment 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.

Salary: £53,195 per annum (plus additional shift allowances and possible overtime)