Maintenance Engineer

Derby

3 Shift system

£50,853 + Annual bonus + 33 Days holiday + Opportunity to earn up to 39 hours more + Pension up to 12% company contribution + Life assurance + Private healthcare + Extensive company sick pay + Free workwear + Paid overtime

The Company

ATA are working exclusively with Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK at their world class manufacturing facility in Derbyshire. Due to a variety of factors including new project wins, exciting new technological ventures, internal promotions and the need to increase their workforce throughout 2026, we are supporting them on an exciting recruitment drive.

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.

Working at the heart of their operation, Toyota’s Maintenance Technician’s play a critical part in the production of every single Toyota Vehicle that roles off the production line (which to date sits at over 5 million cars). There are currently over 200 skilled Maintenance Technicians working across the companies 5 prestigious shops, each working in collaboration with each other to ensure machinery is running smoothly and production isn’t impacted. The shops encompass the entire manufacturing process starting in the body shop through to assembly and finally, quality control.

The Role

As a Maintenance Technician you will be responsible for maintaining a variety of PLC controlled automated production machinery which can include Komatsu presses, Kawasaki robotics, Injection moulding machinery + various conveying.

Responsibilities include:

• Completing planned preventive maintenance
• Reacting to breakdowns
• Electrical and mechanical fault finding
• Undertaking project work which can include upgrade and new machine installation.
• Achieving kaizen – Toyotas world renowned continuous improvement process.

The Candidate

To be successful in your application for Maintenance Technician working within this world-class Automotive OEM, Toyota look for skilled and dedicated Engineers who not only take quality seriously but also continuous improvement.

Specific experience and skills they look for are;

• A full engineering apprenticeship (NVQ Level 3)
• Engineers who want to forge a long-term career
• A passion for engineering & maintenance
• TMUK are open to backgrounds and will consider technicians from all backgrounds including the armed forces
• Flexibility to complete the occasional overtime shift

The Benefits

Not only does Toyota offer a fantastic salary and monetary compensation for your skills, there are some truly exceptional benefits including;

• PLC training, learn how to plug in, fault find, make modifications, and interrogate.
• Opportunity to gain further external qualification including HNC
• Opportunity to join a company with fantastic employee retention with the average length of service being 15 years

If you want to hear more about how to become a Maintenance Technician at the world’s largest automotive group and what they can offer you, then please press apply, send your CV over to or give Kristi Hopwood a call on.

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