About the role
At Tesco, our Distribution Centres could not function without the support of our Maintenance Team. A Lead Maintenance Technician is an integral part of this team, carrying out maintenance procedures, safely, in the DC.
Working closely with the DC Maintenance Manager, the Lead Maintenance Technician will provide day-to-day supervision to our technicians and deliver statutory requirements and proactive planned maintenance promptly and in a cost-effective way ensuring the business is able to continue to deliver its promise of serving Britain’s shoppers a little better every day.
You will be responsible for
* A hands-on supervisory role supporting the DC Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Technicians.
* This is a mobile role supporting maintenance, reactive breakdowns, and planned works across DC’s.
* Ensuring a safe environment for those who work in DC’s.
* Supporting periodic maintenance including but not limited to fire alarm testing, sprinkler testing, HVAC maintenance, building maintenance, water testing.
* Electrical maintenance, reactive repairs, FWT remedials, PAT
* Building effective relationships with the DC Technicians, communicating clearly on tasks, and managing expectations where necessary and in a proactive manner.
* Ensuring assets are fixed in line with the agreed SLA’s and are within legal compliance.
* Using the systems available to accurately record work completed and describing work, which needs to be escalated.
* Working closely with internal service teams and external contractors.
* Meeting the necessary legal and compliance standards & record keeping
* Being aware of the cost implications and ensuring the most effective and efficient fix.
You will need
As a vital part of our Maintenance team, you will demonstrate enthusiasm for maintaining high standards. With previous experience in a maintenance, engineering, or construction environment, you will be digitally confident using a tablet to view daily work schedules and manage emails.
* Desirable - Electrically qualified technician
* Experience working remotely and travelling between sites
* Good time management
* The ability to build relationships quickly
* Good communication skills
* An awareness of cost and budget controls
* An awareness of up to date Health and Safety measures.
Desirable
* Relevant qualifications e.g. H&S
* Supervisory experience
* Experienced Tesco System User IT services e.g. Verisae, Microsoft office suite
What’s in it for you
We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to:
* Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
* Request flexible working from day one
* Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends – save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home
* Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
* Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
* Benefits to suit you, choose what you use – from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes
* Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small
* Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here.
* Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
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