Team Lead Resident Maintenance Technician

Resident Maintenance Technician Team Lead

KNAPP brings new technology to warehouse automation.

The KNAPP Group is a global provider of intelligent automation solutions for intralogistics and manufacturing, specializing in the sectors healthcare, fashion/apparel, general retail, food retail, industry and service. We live and breathe automation. We – more than 8,000 employees of the KNAPP Group in over 60 locations worldwide, shaping the future-oriented industry of intralogistics are dedicated to making complexity simple.

One of the KNAPP's primary goals is to use continuous innovation to drive warehouse automation forward, always with the specific needs of the customers in mind. KNAPP Group's unrelenting development activity is evident in everything from automated order picking systems and continuing refinement of container handling technology to its state-of-the-art, industry leading software solutions.

As a Resident Maintenance Technician Team Lead, you will be expected to provide industrial Electrical/Mechanical expertise and you will be part of a team that works to maximize equipment utilization and efficiency. The role will assist in the development and implementation of processes to maintain proper utilization and functionality. This position will focus on the application of knowledge of electrical, mechanical, hydraulics, pneumatics, and automated equipment, including the utilization of 480vac, 240vac, 120vac, and 48vdc, 24vdc, VFDs, and PLCs (Siemens preferred.)

The successful candidate will work with the existing Maintenance Shift Supervisor, Resident Site Supervisor, and/or Site Maintenance Manager and will work within a team of experienced engineers.

Be a team member providing first-class maintenance support to our customers; on operation and maintenance of automated storage and retrieval systems, and storage and picking systems installed at our customer's locations.

• The Resident Maintenance Technician Team Lead will be eager and determined to succeed, though safety conscious in all activities undertaken, and will own problems and see them through to successful completion.
• The Resident Maintenance Technician Team Lead may be required to respond to emergency calls. Weekend work may be required and will be structured to provide forward planning.

• Rectify electro-mechanical faults, resolve PLC related issues, provide expert knowledge and expertise, be the resident expert on this subject matter, and provide assistance to the Customer Site in assigned area.
• Respond to emergency calls at Customer sites
• Safety conscious in all activities
• Track and record any and all problems and see them through to a successful completion
• In conjunction with the Customers on-site maintenance department, provide a first-class response to Customer, ensuring a first-time right policy
• Provide emergency breakdown and specialized maintenance support
• Set up and calibrate precision automation equipment
• Create strong, effective working relationships with our Customer and their operational agents to enable Knapp to provide first-class service
• Achieve performance in terms of expected output, speed of response, quality-of-repair, and standards of workmanship
• Training of customer's maintenance team, as required
• Expertise in the installation of conveyor and precision automation equipment
• Maintain quality of service by ensuring quality communications with Customers
• Ensure that reports are well-written and legible
• Execution of site quality procedures, safety procedures, and any statutory procedures
• Regular meetings with the Maintenance Shift Supervisor, Resident Site Manager, or Site Maintenance Manager, as applicable, to discuss activities and progress. Otherwise, provide that information to the Resident Business Manager.
• Provide specialized maintenance service support for the Customer's installed system
• Ensure that all spare parts usage issues are logged appropriately and promptly with the Customer and Knapp spare parts team or CMMS, if available
• Ensuring proper care and maintenance of the tools and equipment supplied
• Provide flexibility and the best use-of-skills and capabilities
• Ensure that all time sheets and documents are correct and legible, with all the correct job numbers entered, and presented to Knapp on biweekly basis, for approval
• Provide mechanical strip-down/re-assembly, basic field wiring, machine calibration, and system testing, as needed
• Working against a timeframe to complete reactive repairs
• Interact with on-site management, keeping them informed of repair and maintenance progression, and addressing their concerns in a professional manner
• Show hands-on ownership of issues to achieve a timely resolution
• Interpret and work with electrical circuit diagrams
• Utilize appropriate health & safety considerations with regard to given tasks and be able to carry out risk assessments
• Mechanical aptitude including reading assembly drawings
• Operate hand tools, and disassemble and assemble parts onto…