Maintenance Specialist

As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Your work ensures that our customers’ products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. From everyday essentials to seasonal items, what we do in Contract Logistics impacts businesses and communities around the world. Contract Logistics Maintenance Specialist

The Contract Logistics Maintenance Specialist works within the Contract Logistics Function. She/He will operate for Thelios Contract, our new automated warehouse located in Dese (VE).

She/He will execute the maintenance plan related to the automated warehouse and the warehouse in general, contribute to all prevention activities and innovate projects to ensure fleet effectiveness and failure reduction.

• Carry out reactive maintenance to all parts of the system, observing established health and safety practices and ensuring availability of the automated system (shuttle system, conveyor system, picking station, automated taping machine, etc.).
• Intervene quickly when errors occur and reset priority based on the urgency and gravity of failure.
• Identify potential faults and eliminate causes early to ensure the highest possible level of availability.
• Communicate clearly with other teams and troubleshoot efficiently.
• Prepare, update, and control the warehouse maintenance plan with focus on the automated warehouse.
• Support diagnosis of failures to reduce downtime and analyse faults.
• Manage the stock of spare parts warehouse and cooperate with management to define and follow up the replenishment process.
• Highlight potential risks and improvement opportunities for the automated warehouse.
• Possess knowledge of SCADA system, PLC, maintenance tools, and office packages.
• Technicians work in alternative shifts to ensure site availability.

• 3–5 years’ experience in medium‑scale (>50 FTE) automated fulfilment operations, preferably in the fashion business.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of automated warehouse systems.
• Experience with maintenance activity and planning.

Logistics shapes everyday life – from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life‑saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.