Automation Technician – Fault-Finding & Maintenance

Proactive Technical Limited; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Technical Limited in the Nottingham area is seeking an Engineering Technician to join a permanent team. The role focuses on responding to faults, carrying out preventative maintenance and keeping automated systems running reliably.

You will work with machinery, electrical systems and automation in a customer-focused engineering environment, with emphasis on fault finding, problem solving and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in machinery, maintenance, electrical engineering or an automation environment.
• Experience with fault finding and problem solving.
• Understanding of preventative maintenance / PPM schedules.
• Willingness and ability to work at height.

Responsibilities

• Respond promptly to reactive faults and carry out preventative maintenance checks.
• Diagnose, investigate and rectify equipment faults where possible.
• Escalate unresolved or complex issues to the appropriate engineering team or external support function.
• Maintain automated warehouse and warehouse management systems to a high technical standard.
• Monitor equipment performance and minimise response times and operational disruption.
• Carry out equipment servicing in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and quality standards.
• Undertake repairs in line with manufacturer recommendations and industry best practice.
• Support technical cleaning of automated areas.
• Identify repeated faults and communicate findings and potential solutions to the engineering management team.
• Support continuous improvement and identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability.
• Work closely with colleagues, customers and other technical teams to resolve problems.
• Provide frontline customer support and communicate clearly regarding faults, issues and resolutions.

Skills

Machinery maintenance

Electrical engineering

Automation environment

Fault finding

Problem solving

Education

Level 2 Engineering qualification

Job description

Proactive Technical Limited in the Nottingham area is seeking an Engineering Technician to join a permanent team. The role focuses on responding to faults, carrying out preventative maintenance and keeping automated systems running reliably.

You will work with machinery, electrical systems and automation in a customer-focused engineering environment, with emphasis on fault finding, problem solving and continuous improvement.