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

Package includes Annual 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.

Experience with injection moulding would be advantageous.
It doesn’t matter if you are mechanical, electrical or multiskilled. Toyotas fantastic training program will aim to multiskill you.
Experience with PLC fault finding.
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.

If you feel like you are the right maintenance technicians 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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