Maintenance Engineer

ATA Recruitment; Derby; On-site; GBP 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is seeking a Maintenance Technician for a renowned company in Derby. This role involves maintaining PLC controlled injection moulding equipment, conducting preventative maintenance, and performing fault finding. The ideal candidate will possess an engineering qualification and a mindset for continuous improvement. The company offers extensive training and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Annual bonus

33 days holiday

Pension up to 18%

Life assurance

Private healthcare

Company sick pay

Free workwear

Qualifications

• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to adopt a fix right first-time culture.
• Enjoys a busy factory environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned preventative maintenance.
• React to breakdowns effectively.
• Conduct electrical and mechanical fault finding.
• Replace components like for like.
• Engage in continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical fault finding

Experience with PLC controlled equipment

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

Maintenance technician - Plastic, £50,420, Derby, Shifts: Monday – Friday (Early, lates, nights)

Package includesAnnual bonus, 33 Days holiday, pension up to 18%, life assurance, private healthcare, Company sick pay, free workwear.

ATA are working exclusively with Toyota Motor Manufacturing at their world class facility in Derbyshire. We are supporting them on a recruitment drive to add maintenance technicians to their team due to requirement to increase their workforce throughout 2025. The groups UK arm is a critical part in the company wheel and currently operates as their flag ship site in Europe accounting for an impressive £3B of the groups £210B annual turnover.

The company are world renowned within its sector and often pioneers new technology which keeps them ahead of its competitors. This has recently included an investment of over £300million across both sites which will allow for a tremendous period of growth cementing their foothold within a marketspace they excel within.

Plastics department

TMUKs prestigious plastics shop is responsible for the manufacturing, assembly and spraying of the car’s bumpers, instrument panels and dashboards. The shop is known as a factory within the factory and act as a supplier to the main shop.

What does a day to day of a maintenance technician within the plastic department look like?

As a maintenance technician you will be responsible for maintaining a variety of PLC controlled injection moulding equipment.

Responsibilities will include:

• Planned preventative maintenance.
• Reacting to breakdowns
• Electrical and Mechanical Fault finding
• Swapping components like for like.
• Completing continuous improvement activity

What do the plastic department look for?

As with all TMUKs departments, a mind set for Continuous improvement (Kaizen) and adopting a fix right first-time culture is essential. Toyota like their maintenance technicians to be comfortable working with a fast-paced environment and enjoy the buzz of a busy factory.

• It doesn’t matter if you are mechanical, electrical or multiskilled. Toyotas fantastic training program will aim to multiskill you.
• An engineering qualification

What’s in it for you?

Working for TMUK you will be trusted and empowered to make decisions and to make you feel part of the team, you will be given you responsibility on day one. TMUK will give you the opportunity to develop and broaden your skills to help you thrive in a demanding fast-moving environment.

This is underpinned by their fantastic training offering. During your first three months, they will assess your skills in each of the following areas:

• Electrical, Mechanical, Fluid power systems
• Toyota maintenance systems
• PLC programming
• Injection Moulding
• Robotics programming

They will then tailor a training programme specific for you in the aim to get you competent in all these areas.

TMUK provide a vessel for learning, not only will you receive the above fantastic technical training, but their maintenance technicians are also provided with the opportunity to further their career by receiving further qualifications.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation