Description

What’s the role about?

Our Engineering Team provides 24x7 seamless engineering support to 5 million square feet of state-of-the-art semi-automated warehouses and Distribution Network buildings - critical in ensuring systems, infrastructure and automation deliver effective availability for online sales and store replenishment fulfilment. 

This is achieved by delivering planned and reactive engineering regimes to provide a safe and efficient operational environment, contributing to the success of network engineering business objectives, where availability and service-level are pivotal to site performance, network proposition now representing 85% of online sales fulfilment across estate assortments.

We have four vacancies, 2 - Magna Park, 1 - Northampton, 1 - Blakelands 

What will you be doing?

The Engineering Shift Manager supports the Building Engineering Manager / Engineering Operations Manager in formulating, implementing and achieving the department’s business objectives and service level targets, managing a technical team to deliver engineering regimes – planned, reactive and remedial, across the estate. 

Your primary role is to lead, coach and develop individual teams of engineering technicians and fabric engineers to maintain buildings to a high standard, ensuring all legislative requirements and health and safety governance is met. This relies heavily on auditing work completion documentation and job closure demanding accurate record-keeping, given the network is constantly developing with new projects and change-work – empirically being under HSE F10 notification with extensive external contractor activity and internal team engineering infrastructure works for over half the trading year. 

As a part of providing 24x7 support, the role involves working in shifts, travelling across locations and working weekends as a part of rota and during peak periods and dedicated shutdown maintenance activities. 

Why do our Engineering Shift Managers love working for us? 

“Warehouse is the backbone of our distribution network, Magna Park is at the forefront of technology with state of the art equipment representing a £250m investment. In a company the size of ours it’s no mean feat to be a part of a critical distribution operation and we ensure to put smiles on our customers’ faces all over the country. Attractive shift premiums, balanced shift patterns, exposure to the scale of operation are some added benefits”

 What you'll have

• Significant Engineering, Building Services or Construction experience 

• Strong leadership skills.

• Able to communicate effectively at all levels

• Good working knowledge of Health & Safety Regulations including MHASAW (1999) and CDM (2015)

• High-Level Organisational Skills.

• Commercial Awareness.

• Communication, Presentation Skills, Literacy, Numeracy.

• Performance Management confidence..

• Natural solution provider.

What else could you bring? 

• Appropriate Management Qualification(s).

• Written / Spoken English to high-standard.

• IOSH / NEBOSH.

• CSCS Supervisor / Manager.

• Electrical or Mechanical Qualification to Level 3 or equivalent.

• Demonstrable Maintenance Systems and Processes proficiency.

• Successfully able to manage a number of priorities simultaneously.

• Flexibility to travel between locations.

• Full Driving Licence.

Creating a culture of diversity and inclusion

We positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion in the John Lewis Partnership. Our aim is to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners and for our customers, reflecting and connecting with the diverse communities that we serve. We want people from all walks of life to feel valued for their individuality, thrive in our business and share a sense of belonging. To find out more about D&I in the John Lewis Partnership click here. https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/diversityandinclusion/ â€‹

Benefits 

We also understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance and reward our Partners for their contribution to the business through a vast range of benefits.   

As a Partner and after completion of your 3-month Earning Membership period, you’ll be entitled to;

• 20% Discount at Waitrose & Partners on majority of goods

• 25% Discount at John Lewis & Partners on majority of goods

• 12% Discount at John Lewis & Partners on electrical & white goods 

• Defined contribution pension scheme and Life Assurance (4x annual salary)

• 22 days paid holiday per year, when you work 5 days per wee

• To see all of our incredible benefits click here. 

 Additional Information

• The application form consists of a CV upload, followed by application questions

• Internal applicants  please copy paste this link on to the browser for job outline - https://bit.ly/NEnggSM 

• We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.