Maintenance Technician

AO; Telford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

21 days holidays

Pension 5% match

AO Arena tickets

Health & wellbeing support

Discounts across products

Family leave policies

Charity days

Free Food Thursday

Job summary

AO Recycling is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our site Engineering team on our fridge plant in Telford. You will oversee plant maintenance, deliver planned maintenance schedules, and engage in improvement projects to drive reliability and reduce costs.

The role operates on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern (days and nights). You will perform inspections, plan corrective work, manage downtime, and participate in new installations or refurbishments, while logging progress in the CMMS.

Qualifications

• Qualified engineer with mechanical or electrical bias and safety awareness.
• Experience in a similar process, production, or manufacturing environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to plan and prioritize workloads.
• Knowledge of environmental, health & safety regulations and safe systems of work.
• Familiar with proactive maintenance strategies and CMMS systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee plant maintenance and deliver planned maintenance schedules.
• Plan and deliver corrective and reactive work to minimise downtime.
• Complete dynamic risk assessments and maintain a clean, safe plant.
• Monitor malfunctioning equipment and keep management updated.
• Participate in engineering projects, installations, or refurbishments.
• Log daily progress in the CMMS and support improvements.

Skills

Mechanical bias

Electrical bias

Strong communication

Highly organized

Safety awareness

CMMS experience

Education

Engineering qualification (mechanical or electrical)

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Job Overview

About The Role
Are you a qualified engineer looking for your next role? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Technician to join our site Engineering team on our Fridge plant in Telford.

At AO Recycling, we are committed to extracting as much value as possible from the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that is thrown away by UK households every year. We are growing rapidly and so with that, opportunities to develop and try new approaches become aplenty. If you are energetic, hands‑on, innovative, and professional, this is the environment for you.

Our fully automated fridge recycling plant is the most efficient and advanced in the UK and sets a new standard in recovering metals, plastics, and gases. It processes 100 fridges per hour, 700,000 per year. Our second site is a fully automated plastic recycling facility where we combine sink‑float technology and electrostatic separation to turn mixed fridge plastics into high‑quality recycled products.

As AO’s new Maintenance Technician, you will play a massive part in keeping our plant one of the most efficient and advanced in the UK. That means overseeing work to the plant, delivering planned maintenance schedules, and getting stuck in with improvement projects to drive the plant’s reliability and keep costs down.

Here’s What You Can Expect To Be Doing

• Work 4 on 4 off rotational days and nights
• Complete the Planned Maintenance inspections and condition reports in line with the site maintenance plan
• Plan and deliver corrective and reactive work, keeping production downtime to a minimum
• Complete dynamic risk assessments and adopt a ‘clean‑as‑you‑go’ approach to keep our plant super safe
• Keep tabs on any malfunctioning equipment and keep site management in the loop
• Get hands on with engineering project work and play a part in new installations or refurbishments
• Log your daily progress in the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Call on your engineering expertise in problem‑solving workshops
• Kick off each day with operational review meetings, providing updates on Planned Maintenance compliance, live defects, and ongoing improvement plans

A Few Things About You

• A qualified engineer with mechanical or electrical bias
• Experienced within a similar process, production, or manufacturing environment
• An excellent communicator, both written and verbal
• Highly organised with the ability to plan and prioritise workloads
• Clued‑up on Environmental, Health & Safety regulations, and safe systems of work (e.g. plant isolations and safety systems)
• In the know with proactive maintenance strategies
• Familiar with CMMS systems

Our Benefits

• Holidays: 21 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Pension: Contribute 5% of your annual salary and we’ll do the same, giving you a little extra support for the future.
• Be a VIP at the AO Arena; we have loads of opportunities to win free tickets and pre‑sale access!
• Health & wellbeing: discounted gym membership, and our Help @ Hand scheme giving you access to virtual GP’s, Mental Health support and much more.
• Discounts: exclusive discounts across our product range.
• Family leave: Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave.
• Making a difference: 2 fully paid days a year to donate your time to any charity of your choice.
• Free Food Thursday: Last Thursday of every month, lunch is on us as a way of saying thank you for your efforts!