Warehouse Technician

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Wigan; On-site; GBP 34,000 - GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company based in Wigan is seeking a Technician to maintain and support their production lines. This full-time, permanent position offers a salary of up to £40,655 per annum plus benefits including a pension scheme and generous holidays. You will be responsible for diagnosing faults, driving continuous improvement, and implementing new equipment while collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate should possess multi-skilled expertise in electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Generous holidays including bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Expertise in maintenance of manufacturing or production lines is essential.
• Ability to work across teams and levels effectively.
• Commitment to safety and knowledge sharing with a lean approach.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support production lines for maximum uptime.
• Diagnose faults and carry out repairs quickly.
• Drive continuous improvement in safety and engineering standards.
• Support breakdowns and servicing across key areas.
• Implement new production line equipment successfully.

Skills

Strong communication

Self-motivated

Flexible problem-solving

Multi-skilled in electrical, mechanical, pneumatic systems

Passion for continuous improvement

Job description

Are you interested in building a career for yourself as a Engineer? Would you like the opportunity to work on our bespoke packaging line, utilising hi-tech 6axis pick and place robots and fully automatic palletisers?

Here at GXO, we are looking for a multi-skilled Technician to join our team based at our Heinz site in Wigan. The position is to cover the maintenance of the Company’s Repack operation and NDC automation equipment. This is an exciting opportunity to support our customer with their new production line coming in!

This is a full time, permanent position. This role will be on a 3-shift rotation, 6.00 to 14.00, 14.00 to 22.00 and 22.00 to 6.00 (Sunday to Thursday for nights, and Monday to Friday for the other shifts).

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £40,655 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). In addition to generous remuneration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Maintain and support our production lines to ensure maximum uptime and performance
• Diagnose faults, carry out repairs, and lead root cause analysis to prevent future issues
• Drive continuous improvement across safety, quality, and engineering standards
• Support breakdowns and servicing across key areas, while keeping the workspace clean and compliant
• Implement new production line equipment

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Strong communicator with the ability to work across teams and levels
• Self-motivated and flexible, with a hands-on approach to problem-solving
• Multi-skilled in electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems, with a passion for continuous improvement (maintenance of manufacturing or production line essential)
• Committed safety, knowledge sharing, and applying Lean principles where possible

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.
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GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.