Reports to: Team Leader
Location: London (Heathrow Airport T5)
Contract Type: Permanent
Introduction
Vanderlande is the global market leader in baggage handling systems for airports, and sorting systems for parcel and postal services. The Infrastructure Engineer will be working within Heathrow Airports as Shift Infrastructure engineer on 2/7 shift pattern.
Role Responsibilities
This role will create effective and good working relationships with all departments to ensure that customer expectations are exceeded.
Create effective and good working customer relationships to ensure that customer expectations are exceeded, whilst maintaining strong partnerships with customer’s primary contractors
Your responsibilities and activities will be:
- Manage the WINTEL Infrastructure estate.
- Assist in management of the SUSE Linux estate
- Monitor ticketing queue and responds to service requests or incidents. Resolve/escalate infrastructure related incidents in a timely manner minimizing potential disruptions
- Performs routine maintenance tasks for infrastructure systems as required
- Maintain a good working knowledge of current infrastructure and future trends
- Monitor systems and identify performance issues proactively
- Support, design, implement and test of disaster recovery routines & procedures
- Follow defined procedures to monitor systems resolve problems or escalate.
- Develop and maintain new and existing procedures
Role Qualification and Skills
- Essential knowledge of Windows Server OS (2008/12/16/19)
- Experience with Suse Linux 12/15 OS
- Essential exposure to Backup/Restore imaging technologies
- Desirable exposure in Windows 7/10/11 desktop OS
- Previous exposure to VMware 5.5/6/6.5 technologies
- Desirable knowledge of PowerShell/VB scripting/Python
- Knowledge of SCADA, but not essential
- Awareness of Load balancing technologies
- Previous knowledge of Resource clustering
- Understanding of Network/Wireless/Routing
- Awareness of Firewall technologies
What we offer
- 28 days of annual leave (excluding public holidays)
- Aviva Medical Cover
- YuLife – Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
- A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension with Aviva
- Achievers – Employee Recognition Platform and discount of everyday shopping!
Diversity & Inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualifies applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore, any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.
Top Skills
What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
