Maintenance

Maintenance technician CV: example and template

This example is for maintenance technicians and mechatronics technicians at pharmaceutical, food, automotive and packaging plants, and for graduates of mechatronics and electrical technical schools.

The employer wants to know which machines you know, which failures you fix, whether you combine mechanics, electrics and pneumatics, how fast you respond and which licences you hold. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: maintenance technician

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Karol Wieczorek

Maintenance technician

Starogard Gdanski +48 123 456 789 karol.wieczorek@example.com

Professional profile

Maintenance technician with 6 years of experience at a pharmaceutical plant, on blister lines, cartoners and filling machines. I fix mechanical, electrical and pneumatic failures, carry out scheduled inspections, change over machines and record the work in line with the requirements of medicine production. The average response time to a failure on my shift is 8 minutes.

Work experience

Maintenance technician

05.2020 - present

Pharmaceutical plant, Starogard Gdanski

  • Blister lines, cartoners and filling machines.
  • Fixing mechanical, electrical and pneumatic failures.
  • Average response time to a failure 8 minutes.
  • Scheduled inspections and machine changeovers.
  • Work records in line with the requirements of medicine production.

Mechatronics technician

07.2018 - 04.2020

Packaging plant, Tczew

  • Repairing packing machines.
  • Replacing sensors and actuators.
  • Three-shift work.

Education

Mechatronics technician

2014 - 2018

Technical School Complex in Starogard Gdanski

Skills

  • Failure diagnosis and fixing
  • Packing machine mechanics
  • Pneumatics and sensors
  • Control circuits and PLC basics
  • Inspections and changeovers
  • Work records

Licences

  • SEP qualification certificate, operation up to 1 kV
  • Industrial pneumatics training, 2021
  • Good manufacturing practice training, 2020

Languages

  • English: A2

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B
  • Shift work

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a maintenance technician CV

Professional summary

Write which plant you work at, which machines you know and which failures you fix. Add a result, for example response time. The employer is looking for a technician who will quickly find the cause and fix it, whether it is mechanical or electrical.

Mechatronics technical school graduate with a placement in a maintenance department. I know pneumatics, sensors and PLC basics and hold an SEP licence up to 1 kV. I am looking for work as a maintenance technician.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the machines, types of failures, inspections, changeovers and records. Show results in numbers. Add your shift pattern and licences. Also say whether you know PLC diagnostic software.

Weaker: Repairs.

Better: Fixing mechanical, electrical and pneumatic failures.

Weaker: Speed.

Better: Average response time to a failure 8 minutes.

Weaker: Records.

Better: Work records in line with the requirements of medicine production.

Skills worth listing

List diagnosis, mechanics, pneumatics, control circuits, inspections and records. In your soft skills show quick action, calm and teamwork.

Professional skills

  • Failure diagnosis
  • Mechanics
  • Pneumatics
  • Control circuits
  • Inspections
  • Changeovers

Personal skills

  • Quick action
  • Calm
  • Teamwork
  • Accuracy
  • Independence

Licences

List SEP licences and training in pneumatics, hydraulics and PLCs. In pharmaceuticals and food add training in hygiene requirements and good practice.

First job as a maintenance technician

After technical school, describe your placements, the machines you know and your licences. Many plants take on graduates and train them on their own lines.

You can get an SEP licence quickly after a course. It improves your chances at any plant.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

Pharmaceuticals look for records and good practice, the automotive industry for robots and quick response, and food for hygiene and changeovers. Move to the top what the job ad is about. Also say whether you have experience with robots or lines with vision quality inspection.

The most common mistakes on a maintenance technician CV

Questions and answers

What should a maintenance technician put on a CV?

The plant, machines, types of failures, inspections, changeovers, licences, shift pattern and results.

Which licences are needed?

Most often an SEP qualification certificate for operation up to 1 kV.

Can a mechatronics technician work in maintenance?

Yes, it is one of the best backgrounds for this work, because it combines mechanics, electrics and automation.

Which results are worth giving?

Response time, the number of machines covered and inspections done on time.

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