Maintenance Technician Weekend Nights (FTC)

BMW Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global automotive leader is seeking a Maintenance Technician for weekend night shifts. The role involves ensuring technical efficiency, providing hands-on support, and proactively identifying potential issues in machinery. Ideal candidates will have qualifications in electrical disciplines, experience in automotive environments, and basic mechanical knowledge. Competitive benefits and a unique opportunity to work in a leading organization await you.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Subsidised canteen

Qualifications

• Qualified in electrical discipline with NVQ 3 or equivalent.
• Experience in automotive manufacturing preferred.
• Basic mechanical knowledge is needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective technical use of maintenance principles.
• Provide hands-on technical support for problems.
• Identify and rectify faults in machinery.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical understanding

Proactive problem solving

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent in electrical discipline

Technical apprenticeship in Electrical or Mechanical discipline

Tools

PSS data recording

SAP

Job description

Maintenance Technician Weekend Nights (FTC)

INNOVATION IS IMAGINING WHAT NO ONE ELSE CAN.

SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE.

Everything starts with passion at the BMW Group. It turns a profession into a vocation. It drives us to keep reinventing mobility and to bring innovative ideas onto the roads. Enthusiasm for joint projects turns a team into a strong unit where every opinion is valued. It is only when expertise, highly professional processes and enjoyment of work are united that we can shape the future together. Whatever your heart’s desire – in the BMW Group, you will find a wide range of departments and disciplines across the world where you can share your professional passion with us.

Responsibilities

• As the Maintenance Technician your main responsibilities will include ensuring the effective technical use of a variety of maintenance principles ensuring the efficiency and technical availability of the facility is continuously maintained. You will also provide hands on technical support to resolve any quality, efficiency and complex problems.
• You will be responsible for demonstrating competence in fault finding on Electrical systems, interrogate electrical schematics and cable references. You will also demonstrate mechanical understanding for fault diagnosis, set up and referencing and understanding of gauge systems and their maintenance.
• You will ensure customer quality and reduced equipment downtime by proactively identifying potential malfunctions before they occur and remedying them. Your aim will be to minimise impact on production demand and manage and reduce all non-conforming materials.
• You will identify and rectify any fault occurrences with machinery, equipment and processes in the area in a reactive manner to ensure all problem resolution activities are completed in a timely manner with minimal impact ensuring maintenance and facility target achievement.
• Use Health and Safety systems and equipment to record breakdowns, complete material searching and warranty returns process.

Qualifications

• Qualified to NVQ 3 or equivalent in an electrical discipline.
• Minimum of Technical apprenticeship in an Electrical or Electrical and Mechanical discipline.
• Ideally experienced in an automotive manufacturing environment.
• Basic Mechanical knowledge and preferable knowledge with high volume production machinery.
• A familiarity with Machinery, Technical / Electrical / Mechanical systems as well as PSS and SAP data recording is preferable.

Working pattern and benefits

This role operates on weekend night shift pattern. You will be given a shift premium for unsociable hours.

Additional information

The advertisement for this role will be on a rolling basis. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Join us and you’ll enjoy an exceptional range of benefits including immediate opportunity to purchase/lease a BMW or MINI at special reduced rate or part of your benefits package, the ability to progress and shape your career across the BMW network, pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, work-life balance and family- friendly policies, subsidised canteen, ample onsite parking and of course you’ll be working for the world’s leading manufacturer of premium automobiles and motorcycles and provider of premium financial and mobility services.

Successful candidates will be required to complete background screening checks and the offer of employment will be subject to results which we consider are satisfactory. Checks will include references, right to work, IT system Compliance Integrity Check (COIN), CV and relevant qualifications. Checks may also include criminal records, adverse financial (credit), directorships, address, internet research and/or driving licence. If you have any queries on any of these checks, please discuss with us and we will be happy to go through with you in more detail.