Stores Technician - Tesco Daventry Distribution Campus

I hold full control of the sites stock and spares holding In Tesco's most strategically important distribution Centre along with 2 other satellite stores in automated buildings adjacent.

I have a passion for the customer, recognising the Impact of the decisions that I make and the efficiency of any maintenance carried out. I ensure we have the correct spares available 24/7 through good planning, organization and ensuring we build and maintain great relationships with key suppliers.

I prioritise ordering according to budgets and liaise with my management team whenever required to ensure service Interruptions are non-existent.

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

Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence whilst holding accountability for these key responsibilities:

• Completing stores maintenance across all three Tesco sites within the Daventry Campus to an excellent standard, whilst ensuring any components that need booking into locations are either immediately logged or scheduled in for weekly/monthly audits.
• I always operate with safety in mind.
• Building effective relationships with my colleagues, stakeholders and contractors, ensuring strong bonds with my operational colleagues and supporting them where possible.
• Being proactive and dynamic with my timekeeping, ensuring that I give the best value to the department within my working time. I actively look for ways to be supportive and continuously Improve our stock holding/quantities.
• Create documentation for tracking purposes for trending parts usage across critical areas within the automation.
• Support In ensuring sites maintenance budget Is adhered to, through working with engineers for continuous
• Improvement methods of components/holdings to support efficiency In a time of need on site breakdowns/maintenance schedules.
• Administrative maintenance, ensuring the CMMS is up to date and truly reflective of the stores department position on site and completing other tasks to a high standard.
• Direct Involvement with the planning technician for maintenance schedules across site engineers on a daily basis ensuring parts & components are available for task completion.

Key people and teams I work with in and outside of Tesco: 

• Automation / Maintenance teams
• Operational colleagues
• Parts suppliers
• Third party contractors
• Health and Safety teams

People, budgets and other resources I am accountable for in my job:

• I work autonomously within budgets defined by the business across the 3 stores under my responsibility, 
• If and when priorities arise I escalate appropriately so the correct decision can be made in a swift timescale

Operational skills relevant for this job: 

• Communication and stakeholder management 
• Analysis and presentation of data to achieve timely decisions 
• Influencing skills 
• Setting and maintaining of the highest of standards

Experience relevant for this job:

• Stores management related role
• Engineering awareness 
• Communication with key stakeholders

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.