Multi Skilled Shift Technician

Are you an experienced Multi skilled automation technician? Do you have Conveyor experience? Want a position where you can apply and expand your knowledge?

Here at GXO, we are looking for an Multi Skilled Automation Technician to join our team at our Heinz site in  Wigan . You will be working on our repack operation and supporting our automated conveyor system.

This is a brand-new bespoke packaging line, utilising hi-tech 6axis pick and place robots and fully automatic palletisers, so super interesting!

This is a full time, permanent position. You’ll be working 40 hours per week, with a 3-shift rotating pattern of 22.00-06.00, 14.00 -22.00 and 6.00 -14.00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £40,655.16 per annum inclusive of night shift allowance, 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:

• The primary aim is to systematically maintain and support the Asimo repack line to enable agreed operational up time
• Carrying out continuous improvement work meeting agreed timescales, quality standards and KPIs
• Identifying and raising defects as a result of plant surveillance and monitoring, advising on priority defects in designated areas of responsibility, using root cause analysis techniques
• Investigating plant failure or deterioration, recommending and carrying out remedial action. Monitoring the effectiveness of remedial maintenance or improvement work
• Supporting the maintenance of plant history and statutory records as required by reporting to the company’s in-house management system “workmate” with all requisite data

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience in an automated process environment including PLC’s, conveyors, Auto wrappers, Automatic S/R machines, closed loop communication systems, bar code scanners would be a benefit
• Must be able to work at height

• Level 3 or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• 18th Edition (desirable) – all electrical work is carried out by Engineer, who you will be supporting

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

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.

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