Automation Maintenance Tech – Troubleshooting & Improvement

BMW Group; England; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

BMW Group is seeking a Maintenance Technician for its Surface Finish operation at Goodwood. The role focuses on maintaining critical quality-related machinery, diagnosing complex faults, and delivering proactive maintenance in a fast-moving automated setting.

You will lead breakdown responses, support equipment changes, and drive improvements to availability and product quality. The ideal candidate holds a time-served apprenticeship or equivalent technical training, with experience in automated

Qualifications

• Time-served apprenticeship or equivalent practical technical training.
• HNC/City & Guilds Level 3 or NVQ Level 3 or comparable experience.
• Experience in technical maintenance in automated manufacturing or production engineering.
• Strong fault-finding capability across mechanical, electrical, electronic and control systems.
• Structured problem-solving approach and sound decision-making under production pressure.
• Strong IT skills and commitment to safe working and continuous improvement.
• Experience of equipment commissioning, technical changes or machinery buy-off.
• Understanding of statutory maintenance duties and electrical safety regulations.
• Experience of TPM, condition monitoring or autonomous maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor automated production robots and respond to equipment breakdowns.
• Lead responses to production equipment breakdowns and provide secondary support for infrastructure equipment.
• Diagnose and resolve faults across mechanical, electrical, electronic and control systems.
• Deliver planned preventive maintenance, condition-based monitoring and equipment optimisation.
• Improve cycle time, equipment availability and product quality through data-informed solutions.
• Support equipment changes, commissioning, buy-off activities and production process projects.
• Develop TPM and autonomous maintenance activities using breakdown feedback.
• Coach technicians and production associates, sharing equipment knowledge and maintenance practices.
• Ensure all activity meets health and safety, COSHH, lock-off and statutory requirements.

Skills

PLCs

Robotics

Control systems

Fault finding

IT skills

Education

Time-served apprenticeship

HNC/City & Guilds Level 3 or NVQ Level 3

Job description

BMW Group is seeking a Maintenance Technician for its Surface Finish operation at Goodwood. The role focuses on maintaining critical quality-related machinery, diagnosing complex faults, and delivering proactive maintenance in a fast-moving automated setting.

You will lead breakdown responses, support equipment changes, and drive improvements to availability and product quality. The ideal candidate holds a time-served apprenticeship or equivalent technical training, with experience in automated