Maintenance Technician

Emotiv Technical Recruitment; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Emotiv Technical Recruitment seeks a Maintenance Technician for Solihull manufacturing operations. The role covers breakdown response, preventative maintenance, and non-intrusive/extrusive maintenance outside production time, primarily around FA3 while supporting other areas.

Ideal candidates have strong mechanical and electrical engineering skills, apprenticeship background, and proficiency in MS Office. You will work within a safety-focused team to improve equipment performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing maintenance and breakdown repair.
• Mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge for plant equipment.
• Familiar with electrical control and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive cost reduction, root cause faults and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain equipment to high standards reducing MTTR/MTBF/MTTA.
• Ensure safe, efficient equipment performance within Quality, Cost and Safety frameworks.
• Meet preventative maintenance targets and contribute to environmental initiatives.
• Respond technically to breakdowns to minimise downtime; follow safe working practices.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Mechanical engineering

Electrical systems

Apprenticeship/Indenture training

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Education

Indentured / advanced modern apprenticeship

Tools

CMMS systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

POSITION NAME - Maintenance Technician - (phone number removed)

LOCATION - Solihull

The Opportunity

This role will work as part of the FA3 maintenance operations team covering any breakdown in production time/ non-intrusive preventative maintenance and intrusive maintenance out of production time. The role will mainly be focused around FA3; however, our workload does include multiple areas within the business.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Drive cost reduction in the area, root cause all faults and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Work within a team maintaining all equipment to the highest standards reducing MTTR, MTBF and MTTA.
• To work as part of the maintenance team to ensure a safe and efficient equipment performance is delivered within the Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People & the Environment framework
• Achieve equipment service and repair objectives as directed
• Technical response to breakdowns of all facilities and their controls to deliver minimal down time using safe working practices
• Contribute to all preventative maintenance completion targets
• Contribute to environmental initiatives to maintain standards as required
• Contribute to the delivery of Health and Safety initiatives to maintain standards as required
• Work on waste within maintenance and continually seek efficiencies in all areas
• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager/group leader in connection with their job as may be requested

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Previous experience in a similar role in maintenance operations in Manufacturing
• Technical (mechanical and electrical) automotive engineering skills gained in Manufacturing
• Knowledge of Electrical Control / Mechanical Systems
• Relevant indentured, or advanced modern apprenticeship
• Comfortable use of Microsoft Package Elements e.g. Excel/PowerPoint.

Desirable:

• Good Team Work Ethic
• Knowledge of CMMS systems
• Knowledge of Operating Systems procedures & deliverables
• Experience of Manufacturing Quality Operating Standard

Personal Profile

Essential:

• Demonstrates our Creators' Code behaviours of Customer Love, Unity, Integrity, Growth and Impact.
• Continually working hard to deliver a modern luxury experience to earn and keep our customers’ trust and loyalty.
• Embracing differences, being empathetic, welcoming challenges together empowering each other to deliver.
• Building trust by speaking openly and honestly, listening attentively, and treating others respectfully.
• Taking initiative and using failure as an opportunity to learn. We develop by giving + seeking honest feedback.
• Making a difference through our results. We innovate and never lose sight of what we want to achieve.
• A good team player who is able to work to predefined procedures
• An individual with the ability to prioritise their workload
• An individual with the ability to make timely decisions in line with agreed procedures and elevate as appropriate
• An individual with a customer focused approach
• Self-motivating, working alone and within a team