Maintenance Technician

ZF Group; Wales; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join ZF Group as a Maintenance Technician at our Pontypool site in South Wales. You will work within a multi-skilled team focused on maximizing machine uptime through both preventative and reactive maintenance. This role involves working on CNC machines and other manufacturing equipment and requires a relevant apprenticeship along with electrical and mechanical skills. If you are ready to tackle challenges in a collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply!

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship in electrical, mechanical or mechatronics.
• Ability to work in both electrical and mechanical fields.
• Experience in team environments built on openness and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Respond to breakdowns with extensive fault finding.
• Carry out preventative and reactive maintenance on CNC machinery and assembly equipment.
• Support maintenance and factory-based improvement projects.
• Complete service reports via CMMS system.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

IT skills (MS Office, email)

PLC experience

Robotics experience (ABB/Staubli)

Education

Time served apprenticeship in relevant discipline

HNC qualification

Tools

CMMS experience (SAP preferred)

Job description

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Job description:

About the Team

At our Pontypool Site in South Wales you will be working within a team of multi-skilled maintenance technicians to maximise machine uptime while minimising unplanned downtime. The department work on all areas of maintenance for the plant equipment and site and involves preventative and reactive maintenance on CNC machines, assembly processes, robotics. The job role is for a 3 shift worker which rotates weekly between mornings 6-2pm, Afternoons 2 – 1pm and nights 10 – 6am.

What you can look forward to as Maintenance Technician:

• Responding to Breakdowns with Extensive fault finding (both electrical and mechanical)
• Carrying out preventative and reactive maintenance of CNC machinery and various assembly equipment
• Carrying out PPM and reactive maintenance of our CNC machinery and assembly equipment
• To support maintenance and factory-based improvement projects
• The completion of service reports and internal systems via our CMMS system

Profile description:

Your Profile as Maintenance Technician

• Time served apprenticeship in a relevant discipline (electrical/mechanical/mechatronics), ideally trained to a HNC qualification
• Ideally electrically biased but with a proven ability to work in both fields
• IT skills are required: MS office, email etc. CMMS experience is preferred, especially in SAP
• PLC experience is advantageous
• Robotics experience is an advantage, ideally in ABB/Staubli robotics.
• Ability to embrace personal challenges and work within a team environment based on openness, mutual respect and collaborative working
• Ability to engage interest and participation of others

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

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