Maintenance & Automation Technician

Pin Point Recruitment

Maintenance & Automation Technician

Location: Sunderland
Salary: Up to £38,977.31 + 40% Shift Premium
Estimated annual salary including shift allowance up to £54,568.23
Continental Shifts: 06:30–18:30 / 18:30–06:30
Permanent | Full-time

The Role

We’re looking for an experienced Maintenance & Automation Technician to support a fast-paced automotive manufacturing environment.


You’ll be responsible for keeping automated production equipment running safely and efficiently, carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, fault-finding and supporting continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Electrical, mechanical, hydraulic & pneumatic fault-finding
  • Maintenance of automated manufacturing equipment
  • PLC, robotics & HMI support
  • Preventative and reactive maintenance
  • Installation and optimisation of new equipment
  • Root-cause analysis and continuous improvement
  • Working to LOTO, 5S and Safe Systems of Work

Essential Experience

HNC in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or related discipline

Time-served electrical apprenticeship Hands-on KUKA and/or ABB robotics experience Strong Siemens TIA Portal experience

Certified PLC programming capability

Experience with Atlas Copco/Ingersoll Rand tooling

Vision system experience

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