Team Leader

Vanderlande Industries GmbH; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics automation company in Greater London is seeking a dedicated Service Team Leader. This role involves providing daily leadership, ensuring safety during operations, and engaging with internal and external customers. Ideal candidates will have supervisory experience, a proactive attitude, and qualifications like NVQ 3 in Electro/Mech. The company offers performance-related pay, ample holidays, and health benefits in a challenging work environment with strong career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Performance related pay

288 Hours Holiday

Aviva Medical Cover & Pension

Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments

Award-winning recognition platform

Qualifications

• Experience in a supervisory capacity within Airports or Conveyor Systems preferred.
• Minimum NVQ 3 Electro/Mech, preferred HNC or equivalent.
• Flexibility and a proactive attitude towards customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations ensuring Health and Safety.
• Conduct quality audits and productivity checks.
• Plan and organize both day and night shift schedules.

Skills

Supervisory experience in Airports/Conveyor Systems

Multi skilled Electro/Mech

Proactive attitude

Education

NVQ 3 Electro/Mech

HNC or equivalent

Tools

18th Edition (BS 7671)

Job description

Job Description

Vanderlande is the market leader in efficient logistics process automation within the airports and parcel sector. In addition, we are a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses.

Vanderlande has a strong strategic partnership with Heathrow Airport. Heathrow, with more than 80 million passengers a year, is the most active airport in Europe having the most connections to other airports. All these passengers expect their luggage to reach the same destination. That’s where Vanderlande comes in as a strategic partner with full responsibility of the performance and maintenance of Heathrow’s baggage handling systems.

Your role

Working within IAG Cargo, the Team Leader will be responsible for providing daily leadership and continuous guidance to your team, ensuring Health and Safety is paramount during all operational and maintenance activities along with interaction with internal and external customers. You will be performing the following tasks:

• Ensuring that Safety is always paramount during all Operational and Maintenance activities.
• Conducting quality auditing of work, and productivity checks and taking appropriate action if/when required
• Constantly displays the desire to learn and help others in their progression

Additional responsibilities

Day Shift

• Issue PPM workorders out to shifts, close off all PCM and CM’s
• Attend system outages, to assist technicians in resolving the faults before escalating to Tech Support.
• Keep daily report up-to date with system issues and handovers, including raising work orders for the night shift.
• Stepping in to cover Duty Managers in their absence.
• Attending H&S meetings.

Night shift

• Plan the shift PPM maintenance / project work including handovers from the day shift.
• PPM work orders to be completed and filled out to the required standard.
• Complete and send out nightly report e-mail of works completed, including handovers, project work, system issues etc.

What we expect from you

As a Service Team Leader you make an important contribution to customer satisfaction, whereby the continuity of the customer process is central. You therefore have an enthusiastic and proactive attitude and are flexible. We expect the following of you:

• Working in Airports and/or Conveyor Systems in a Supervisory capacity preferred
• Multi skilled Electro/Mech, minimum at senior tech level, preferred supervisory experience
• Qualifications, Minimum NVQ 3 Electro/Mech, preferred HNC or equivalent.

What we see as a nice to have

• 18th Edition (BS 7671 / wiring regs)
• You have gained experience within an FMCG manufacturing or automated environment
• Experience in training/coaching

What we offer

• Performance related pay
• 288 Hours Holiday
• Aviva Medical Cover & Pension
• YuLife - Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
• Access to Achievers an award-winning recognition platform that inspires to recognise your coworkers Where points are awarded that can be exchanged for a range of goods and discounts.
• A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore, any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.