Maintenance Technician – Automotive Parts
Birmingham
c. £30k basic + pension + free parking + life insurance + bonus

Our client is an established tier 1 supplier of automotive and heavy vehicle parts . Due to expansion they need an experienced and qualified Maintenance Technician for their plant based in Birmingham.

The Job
The main objective of the Maintenance Technician role is to provide preventative and reactive maintenance, repair and continuous improvement of the production equipment.

This will include performing diagnostic and fault finding on plastic injection moulding machines, specifying new equipment when appropriate, providing technical support to the production function and managing the supply of spare parts.

The Person
The ideal Maintenance Technician will be someone with experience of working in a manufacturing maintenance function with knowledge and experience of setting and fault finding on robotic, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.

You will have a working knowledge of machine and process control systems, and PLC fault finding techniques. Alongside with this you will have simple PLC Programming skills – ideally having used Telemechanique.

Preference will be given to anyone with knowledge of lean manufacturing / continuous improvement techniques.

You will be qualified in Electrical / Electronic Engineering level 3 or above or to at least HNC/HND standard or similar. You will be capable of working on your own initiative and be proficient in problem solving.

The Company
The company are an established manufacturer of plastic injection moulded components to the automotive sector. They pride themselves on precision, quality and the ability to produce to order. They like to promote internally wherever possible, so a good career path is available for people seeking this.

If you feel you have the skills and experiences required for this role please email your CV to the link below