FM Logistics Automation Specialist

Job description

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's as an FM Logistics Automation Specialist means becoming part of a forward-thinking and collaborative team dedicated to driving enhanced performance in our logistics automation estate. With a focus on innovation and operational excellence, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our automation national supply chain, making a real impact and contributing to the success of Sainsbury’s.

What you'll do

You’ll analyse automation performance, manage supplier delivery and drive continuous improvement initiatives in automation maintenance services, collaborating with external partners and internal stakeholders. You will focus on ensuring the safety, reliability, and efficiency of assets by employing your expertise in automation, engineering, or mechatronics. 

You’ll support the delivery of FM automation operations through effective project management and insight reporting, working closely with our external supply chain. You’ll define and deliver strategic improvement projects that strengthen our automation maintenance service, while creating and maintaining a range of automation insights covering performance, service, design and commercial activity. You will manage budgets and approvals for both reactive and planned spend, analyse supply chain performance, and ensure the availability of critical parts and tools. 

You’ll maintain the automation asset register and capital plan, proactively identifying and prioritising investment needs with the FM Logistics Automation Manager, and you’ll progress capital investment projects from scope through to delivery, working cross‑functionally across Property, Logistics and external partners. You’ll provide subject‑matter expertise across engineering, compliance, safety and legislative requirements, and manage contractors to ensure services are delivered in line with contractual expectations and KPIs.

As part of the on‑call rota, you’ll lead incident resolution and communication during high‑criticality events, ensuring operations are supported and recovery is well‑coordinated. You’ll also maintain compliance documentation and checks relating to automation asset standards and regulatory requirements, build and monitor performance and risk reports, and escalate issues where appropriate. Through data analysis, you’ll identify trends, recurring issues and improvement opportunities, supporting the preparation of business cases and driving enhancements through to completion.

Who you are

You bring a strong technical background in automation, engineering or mechatronics, combined with the ability to analyse data, manage suppliers and confidently communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, particularly during operational incidents. 

Essential criteria

• Experience working with automated or engineered assets in a logistics or industrial environment
• Proven capability in analysing performance data and identifying improvement opportunities
• Experience managing external suppliers or service providers, in an operational role. 
• Willingness to travel nationally in this field-based role and participate in an on-call rota

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).