Maintenance Technician

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Maintenance Technician, £50,483 Derby, Shifts: Monday – Friday (8 hours 6-2, 2-10, 10-6am)

Package includes Annual bonus, 33 Days holiday + the opportunity to earn up to 39 hours more, pension up to 18%, life assurance, private healthcare, free workwear, paid overtime, paid paternity, enhanced maternity leave, Company sick pay.

Why join our client?

Training to become a PLC wizard and get hands on practical experience daily.
The opportunity to work for a group that have achieved world class manufacturing standards.
The opportunity to work for a progressive company who are a leader within their field.
Employees have use of the fantastic onsite nursery to help with work life balance.
About the company

ATA is proud to be working exclusively with Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK, one of the country’s leading OEM groups, at their world-class manufacturing facility in Derbyshire. The site, currently responsible for producing the world-famous corolla are looking for maintenance technicians of either electrical or mechanical bias to join one of their five manufacturing shops.

Each shop offers a unique environment and demands a specific skill set, providing endless opportunities to grow and excel:

Press Shop: Into heavy machinery. How about maintaining 2,500-tonne presses that define precision engineering?
Body Shop: Passionate about robotics? With over 400 pieces of advanced automation equipment, this is a playground for those who love working with state-of-the-art technology.
Paint Shop: It’s so top-secret we can’t spill the details—but trust us, it’s cutting-edge!
Plastic Shop: Love variety and tackling complex faults? The plastic shop is perfect for multi-skilled technicians who enjoy a challenge.
Assembly Shop: Fast-paced and dynamic, perfect for technicians who thrive under pressure and love working at the heart of production.
The company are world renowned within its sector and often pioneers new technology which keeps them ahead of its competitors. This has included producing the first hybrid engine in Europe, looking into Hydrogen technology and utilising the famous Toyota Production system.

If you are a maintenance technician looking to work with a leading organisation, please press apply.

About You

TMUK value the skill on offer from a variety of environments, therefor its not essential to be a maintenance engineer with the automotive sector. What is important is that you are dedicated to your craft and love the idea of constantly making improvements.

To be considered for the Maintenance technician role, ideally you should have previous experience working within a factory environment:

Either electrical or mechanical bias with a completed craft apprenticeship to Level 3
Want to forge a long-term career.
Happy to work across a three-shift pattern, including night shift & flexibility to complete the occasional overtime shift.
About the role

As a maintenance technician you will be responsible for you will be responsible for maintaining a variety of PLC controlled automated production machinery, which can include conveyors, hydraulic presses, robotics, plastic injection moulding and other niche equipment specific to the site and industry.

Other responsibilities will include:

-        Planned preventive maintenance

-        Reacting to breakdowns

-        Both mechanical and electrical fault finding

-        Working with fluid power systems.

-        Project, upgrade, and continuous improvement work.

-        Supporting the installation of new machinery

The benefits

Joining TMUK, you will be joining a business that places a strong emphasis on personal development and will put together a personal skills matrix for you to ensure you have all the tools necessary to do the job. There has also never been a better time to join the business as there are to be ample future career progression opportunities for those that can demonstrate consistent high performance and a passion for self-development.

If you feel like you are the right maintenance technician for this role and would like to hear more about, please press apply, call Ashton on (phone number removed) or email your CV too   

ATA Recruitment specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and general Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis – for more opportunities like this one, visit our website

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

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