Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Role Overview 

Provide Engineering support of the Mechanical Handling Equipment, associated systems machinery & equipment on site at Kingsway Rochdale. Working to the highest standards to maximise operational efficiency and ensure continuous availability for Operations. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform rectification of MHE breakdowns and the provision of technical support as requested
• Undertake preventative maintenance work, completing to the highest standards, as scheduled within agreed time frames, whilst maintaining accurate records of all maintenance and follow up actions via the departments CMMS system. Ensuring that the Team Leader or Engineering Managers are may aware of urgent requirements
• Demonstrate specialist equipment knowledge, coupled with individual flexibility, in order to facilitate PPM’s and breakdown rectification.
• Work as part of the Engineering team in order to promote best practice and give continuous & sustained kit reliability to Operations
• Incumbent must be able to liaise directly from time to time with several different manufacturers outside of the UK.
• Perform mechanical, electrical and PLC fault diagnosis on several different system types.
• Work toward and achieve agreed performance criteria as part of the departmental and site SLA’s and KPI’s.
• Always offer engineering support to the relevant level, to meet both the performance criteria required and to maintain manufacturer’s standards in order to facilitate full production schedules.
• Ensure all areas of Engineering (workshops, stores, etc.) are clear and tidy disposing of scrap items.
• Ensure all parts removed or utilised as part of reactive or planned jobs are clearly recorded and captured using systems and approach agreed within the department
• Ensuring hygiene standards are always adhered to
• Support all process control procedures in place and ensure all documentation is always updated and made available.
• Provide recommendations to modify instructions to ensure the equipment is reliable
• Offer and deliver continuous technical support, both to production and the engineering team, in order to provide accurate and positive solutions to day-to-day engineering issues.
• Assist in the advance planning of maintenance, modification and fault rectification work.
• Liaise directly with external contractors/suppliers who offer specialist support as required.

Skills and Experience 

• Apprentice trained mechanical or electrical discipline with a recognised apprenticeship
• ONC/HNC or equivalent experience in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
• PC literate - knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
• Fully experienced in both mechanical and electrical fault diagnosis.
• Working knowledge of PLC based control systems (Preferably Siemens)
• Physically fit and able to climb and work up to heights of c25 metres.
• Knowledge of safe working practices.
• Strong understanding of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic technical manuals and drawings
• Knowledge of site, systems and practices gained ‘on the job’ through experience.
• BS:7671 Rev 2011 18^th Edition wiring regulations is a must have certificate. – Preferable
• BS 2360 level 3 installation and construction of electrical services is the absolute minimum qualification. – Preferable
• Experience of working within an automated warehouse environment
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to prioritise workload, work to deadlines and to work under pressure

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Free parking
• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation
• Pension Scheme
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.