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Team Leader - Heerlen (M/F/D)*
How great is it to build and lead your own team at a brand-new, highly automated distribution centre? As an experienced leader with a passion for technology and people management, this is your opportunity to take your career to the next level.
You will join the newest automated distribution centre in the Netherlands, supporting a leading international sports fashion retailer with more than 4,500 stores across 36 countries. Together with a global 3PL logistics provider, a state-of-the-art 60,000 m² distribution centre is being developed in Heerlen, which will serve as the central logistics hub for all EU operations.
This advanced omnichannel facility will combine all European volumes into one highly automated site. Cutting-edge technology includes a TGW automation system with 675 Stingray shuttles, more than 284,000 storage locations and a capacity of 4.8 million units, complemented by a Skyfall pouch system with 90,000 pouches and other innovative logistics solutions provided by leading OEM partners.
Fulltime
On Site Services
Experienced Professionals
Heerlen, Netherlands
What you'll be handling:
- You co-ordinate all maintenance activities, planned repairs and reactive repairs of the automated equipment on site with your maintenance team in a 5 shift pattern
- You motivate your team and conduct regular 121's and annual PDIs to support team development and performance
- You use internal networks across LTS to support site performance, identify improvements, and contribute to site success
- You will be reporting and monitoring performance, attend customer meetings, identifying successes, and opportunities to improve
- You will be using internal tools such as .SAV, DART and CMMS (or other project-specific systems) to ensure continuous improvement
- You perform audits of site processes to ensure compliance, implementing audit follow-up actions to improve the site
- You identify opportunities to improve daily working practices to improve quality and performance and support the automation to operate at its maximum efficiency
- You complete all necessary reports, including near-miss and hazard reports, shift reports, maintenance tasks, spare parts usage reports, and top-loss reports, while working in DART, CMMS, SAV Assure, and Teams software platforms
- You attend daily customer meetings, providing any updates on the automation
- You manage escalations onsite in line with TGW’s Escalation procedure
What you'll need:
- You have a technical diploma at least MBO-4 level and have developed mechanical, electrical and software skills over the years
- If your MBO-4 diploma is not electrical, you need at least an electrical qualification at a MBO-2 level
- You have previous experience working in an operational engineering role within a similar environment
- You have great language skills (Dutch and English) and are experienced in leading a team or coaching and mentoring team members
- You have working knowledge of Siemens S7, Profibus, Canbus, Profinet and ASI Bus
- You will start working in 2 shifts which we will build up to a 4 shift and then a 5 shift pattern
- You are able to work in a time-critical environment
- You are experienced in managing customer/stakeholder communications and relationships
What you'll receive:
- A dynamic, open and informal working environment with pleasant colleagues
- Immediate a permanent contract with a market conform salary (30% shift allowance because of the 5 shifts pattern) and 8% holiday allowance
- Travel allowance € 0,23 per kilometre (max. 100 km per day)
- Collective Labor Agreement Metaal en Techniek, Technisch installatiebedrijf applies
- 32 holidays plus extra age days in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement
- Excellent secondary employment conditions, including collective health insurance, a bicycle plan and generous employee insurance
In this position, you can expect the following benefits, among others.
Training & Development
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Discounts
*TGW is an employer that promotes equal opportunities. We invite everybody interested in this job to apply.
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