CR-T-35 - Technical Specialist - Surface Finish Centre

BMW Group; Goodwood; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

BMW Group in Goodwood, Ontario seeks a multi-skilled Technical Specialist for the Surface Finish Centre. You will diagnose complex faults, optimize automation and drive reliability improvements across manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities include leading breakdown responses, preventive maintenance, TPM development, and coaching technicians, while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance in a fast-paced production environment.

Qualifications

• Worked in technical maintenance, automated manufacturing or production engineering.
• Strong fault-finding across mechanical, electrical, electronic, and control systems.
• Structured approach to problem-solving under production pressure.
• Solid IT skills and commitment to safety and continuous improvement.
• A recognised apprenticeship or equivalent practical training.

Responsibilities

• Monitor automated production robots and systems.
• Lead responses to equipment breakdowns; provide secondary support for infrastructure.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical, electronic, pneumatic and hydraulic faults.
• Deliver preventive maintenance and condition-based monitoring.
• Improve cycle time, availability and product quality with data-informed solutions.
• Support equipment changes, commissioning and production projects.
• Develop TPM and autonomous maintenance using feedback and opportunities.
• Coach technicians and production staff on maintenance best practices.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, COSHH, lock-off and statutory rules.

Skills

PLC knowledge

Robotics

Maintenance experience

Fault-finding

Data-driven

Education

Apprenticeship or equivalent

HNC / City & Guilds Level 3 / NVQ Level 3

Job description

Are you a multi-skilled specialist who enjoys solving difficult technical problems, improving automated equipment and seeing the direct impact of your work? We are looking for a proactive Technical Specialist to join our Surface Finish Centre and help keep critical quality-related machinery performing at its best.

The Opportunity

No two days will be the same. You may be diagnosing a challenging issue, optimising machine performance, supporting an equipment change or helping colleagues strengthen their technical capability. You will combine hands-on fault-finding with continuous improvement, compliance and project support in a fast-moving advanced manufacturing environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Monitoring automated production robots
• Take the lead in responding to production equipment breakdowns and provide secondary support for infrastructure equipment.
• Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, electronic, pneumatic and hydraulic faults.
• Deliver planned preventive maintenance, condition-based monitoring and equipment optimisation.
• Improve cycle time, equipment availability and product quality through practical, data-informed solutions.
• Support equipment changes, commissioning, buy-off activities and production process projects.
• Develop TPM and autonomous maintenance activity using breakdown feedback and improvement opportunities.
• Coach technicians and production associates, sharing equipment knowledge and effective maintenance practices.
• Ensure all activity meets health and safety, environmental, COSHH, lock-off and isolation, statutory and business requirements.

What You’ll Bring

• Working knowledge of PLCs, robotics and machine-specific control systems.
• A recognised, time-served apprenticeship or equivalent practical technical training.
• A relevant qualification such as HNC, City & Guilds Level 3 or NVQ Level 3, or comparable experience.
• Experience in technical maintenance, automated manufacturing or a production engineering environment.
• Strong fault-finding capability across mechanical, electrical, electronic and control systems.
• A structured approach to problem-solving and sound decision-making under production pressure.
• Strong IT skills and a consistent commitment to safe working and continuous improvement.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of equipment commissioning, technical changes or machinery buy-off.
• Clear communication skills and the confidence to work with production teams, engineers, suppliers and contractors.
• Understanding of statutory maintenance duties and electrical safety regulations.
• Experience of TPM, condition monitoring or autonomous maintenance.

Why Join Us?

This is more than a traditional technical maintenance role. You will have the autonomy to apply your judgement, tackle varied automation challenges and directly influence equipment reliability, production quality and operational performance.

You will join a collaborative manufacturing environment where technical expertise is valued, improvement ideas are encouraged and your work has a visible impact. The role offers broad exposure to machinery, robot automation, improvement projects and the development of others-creating opportunities to deepen your expertise while helping shape a safer, smarter and more reliable operation.

Interested?

If you enjoy hands-on engineering, complex fault-finding and turning technical insight into measurable improvement, we would like to hear from you. We welcome applications from candidates whose transferable skills and practical experience equip them to succeed, even if they do not meet every desirable criterion.

CR-T-35 - Technical Specialist - Surface Finish Centre