Engineering Support Operative L1 - Engineering Support-T3

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives. **INTENAL ONLY*

Role overview:

To provide site wide support to the Engineering Team, responding and undertaking lower level reactive, maintenance and general engineering activities. Incumbents will work within the scope of their training to support the Operational and Engineering teams by ensuring the movement of material within the distribution centres. Perform visual inspections and the accuratereporting of Mechanical Handling Equipment (MHE) issues.

Responsibilities:

Proactively engage in asset care and maintenance within the scope of the role, demonstratingan awareness of faults / issues and using knowledge/skill/experience to pre-empt potential failures by taking the appropriate remedialor escalation action. Perform PPM (Planned Preventative Maintenance) visual inspections of the MHE in accordance withthe Engineering functions CMMS and report potential failures to the engineering teams. Provide ownership and up-keep of visual standards. Work within areas of ownership as required, providing first response of material flow, Operational and Engineering issues. Assist Engineering with fault rectification, maintenance and housekeeping activities as directed. Ensure areas of ownership are always kept cleaned and tidy. Work within the department’s procedure concerning items taken from stores. Reactive MHE Support Under the correct level of supervision and/or in accordance withqualification, training, and experience, undertake first response, escalation, and lower-level fault rectification on the MHE. Proactively engage stakeholders to prevent stoppages and die back across site. Attend MHE stoppages as directed to clear, cartons, totes, items, materials, and blockages. As required, provide support in maintainingthe availability and operational running time of the sites Cranes & Shuttles. This will be achieved by following SOP’s to: Carrying out resets & climbing of cranes to access cartons causing the crane to enter error and/or crane rectification of issues. Accessing and interrogating system(s) to ensure stock accuracy is maintainedduring error mode and crane resets. Undertake tasks associated with climbing and rescuing at heights. Undertake any other reasonable duties in line with the needs of the business.

Skills and Experience:

• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• A flexible approach to changing priorities.
• Working at heights and rescue at height certified (training will be provided)
• Able to work unsupervised, using own initiative.
• Good understanding of SCADA
• Interpersonal Skills with the ability to communicate with all levels.
• Ability to perform lower-level Engineering tasks.
• Experience of working in either an engineering / automated manufacturing or have a background in distribution. We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work. Thank you for your time #JD