Lead Maintenance Technician

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work.  These include but aren’t limited to:

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
• Request flexible working from day one
• Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends – save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home
• Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
• Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
• Benefits to suit you, choose what you use – from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes
• Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here. 
• Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues

About the role

At Tesco, our distribution centres could not function without the support of our Maintenance Team. A Lead Maintenance Technician is an integral part of this team, carrying out maintenance procedures, safely, in the DC. This role will cover our Lichfield, Hinckley and Brownhills DCs. 

Working closely with the DC MM, the Lead Maintenance Technician will provide day-to-day supervision to our technicians and deliver statutory requirements and proactive planned maintenance promptly and in a cost effective way ensuring the business is able to continue to deliver its promise of serving Britain’s shoppers a little better every day. This role will suit an IST or ST that is ready for their next move.

In return we can offer:

• The right tools and equipment to help support employees every day.
• A company commercial vehicle.
• Uniform and personal protection equipment to ensure comfort and safety in the working environment.
• Support from a large regional team.
• A fantastic package with regular exposure to Tesco deals, discounts and offers.
• Training, qualifications, and support to build a successful career.
• A variety of work where no two days are the same.

You will be responsible for

• A hands-on supervisory role supporting the DC MM and MT’s.
• This is a mobile role supporting maintenance, reactive breakdowns, and planned works across DC’s.
• Ensuring a safe environment for those who work in customer fulfilment centres. 
• Supporting periodic maintenance including but not limited to fire alarm testing, sprinkler testing, HVAC maintenance, building maintenance, water testing.
• Electrical maintenance, reactive repairs, FWT remedials, PAT
• Building effective relationships with the DC technicians, communicating clearly on tasks, and managing expectations where necessary & in a proactive manner.
• Ensuring assets are fixed in line with the agreed SLA’s and are within legal compliance.
• Using the systems available to accurately record work completed and describing work, which needs to be escalated.
• Working closely with internal service teams and external contractors.
• Meeting the necessary legal and compliance standards & record keeping.
• Being aware of the cost implications and ensuring the most effective and efficient fix.

You will need

• Experience in supervising a team
• Experience working remotely and traveling between sites
• Good time management
• The ability to build relationships quickly
• Good communication skills
• An awareness of cost and budget controls
• Experienced Tesco System User IT services e.g. Verisae, Microsoft office suite
• An awareness of up to date Health and Safety measures.

Ideal additional skills include:

• Relevant qualifications e.g. H&S
• Supervisory experience

About us

At Tesco Property – Maintenance, it’s our people that make us one of the leading retail maintenance providers in the UK. We operate in over 3,500 Tesco and One Stop stores, distribution centres, Tesco banks and head offices, to deliver first class maintenance and engineering solutions and support.

With our comprehensive induction and our technical competency plan, we invest in training for our field colleagues to have the right level of skills and expertise for each role to work safely and provide first-rate asset management across our estate. We create a culture where every colleague is competent, motivated and professional, maximising the level of support we offer to Tesco stores.

From multi-skilled, to technically-savvy technicians, we’ve got it covered. Our Operations and Maintenance Managers span the entirety of the UK; technically-minded individuals who support our field engineers to get the job done. Our Engineering team work to introduce a broad spectrum of award-winning new technological initiatives; from compliance testing to refrigeration, security to sustainability.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.