Vacancy - Lead Crane Engineer

Are you excited by the opportunity to become the ‘go to’ individual for all Cranes within the Containers Division? Do you thrive on solving complex technical issues and guiding teams of Engineers? We are seeking a Lead Crane Engineer to support all Cranes in our Container Division, and help us keep the world moving!

Your Role

As Lead Crane Engineer, you will follow up on technical breakdowns on T1 STS, T2 QCs and CRMGS, identifying root cause, failure rates and possible solutions. You will plan and co-ordinate small to medium sized projects ensuring minimal disruption to operations in a safe and efficient manner. You will formulate, design and implement improvement modifications to existing and future plant and equipment with a view to improving operation, efficiency and life cycles. Working to Safe System of Work for all activities when onsite, you will also assist the planning team with scheduling both planned and reactive maintenance work in an effective and safe way.

You will work closely with apprentices, mentoring and ensuring training targets and needs are met whilst also identifying training needs of the wider team. Providing technical assistance to the engineering team as and when required, you will control the quality, duration, cost and thoroughness of all works on Cranes.

What you'll bring

You will have demonstrable hands on experience working on Cranes or similar equipment, ideally within a Container Terminal Port. Alongside this you will also have:

• Excellent fault finding skills, you will demonstrate a working knowledge of controls systems and principles.
• A commitment to maintaining Peel Health and Safety standards and understand the permit to work systems and accident reporting.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to guide and lead teams of Engineers.
• You will be a dynamic and eager individual with a can-do attitude and willingness to get stuck in, accept change and make things happen.
• With good knowledge of effective maintenance strategies (RCM,PM,CBM &TPM), you will ideally be qualified to a minimum HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, with a turnover in excess of £500 million, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
• Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
• Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!