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Review score
91
Evidence
89%
Words
268

Scored by the same rules the Studio uses. How scoring works

Why it works

  • One page in all six layouts268 words, so switching designs never pushes it to a second page.
  • 4 of 9 bullets name a resultThe rest show the scale of the work, which a recruiter reads as proof too. Counted by the same Review the Studio runs.
  • Headings an ATS already knowsSummary, Experience, Education, Certifications, Skills, in that order.
  • Credentials have their own section18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671), Inspection and Testing (2391-52), each with issuer and year.
  • Reads back as plain textOne column with no tables or icons. The ATS text tab shows what a parser gets.
What a recruiter sees
Tariq Hussain
Electrical Maintenance Technician
tariq.hussain@example.com · +44 7700 900418 · Leicester, UK · linkedin.com/in/tariqhussain
SUMMARY

Multi-skilled maintenance technician with nine years on food and packaging lines, electrically biased. Fault finds PLC, motor control and VFD faults and keeps PPM on schedule in SAP PM.

EXPERIENCE
Maintenance Technician
2021 – Present
Brookfield Foods · Leicester, UK
  • Maintain 6 filling and packing lines on a 4-on 4-off shift, covering electrical and mechanical breakdowns.
  • Diagnose Allen-Bradley PLC, VFD and sensor faults from wiring diagrams, cutting mean time to repair on line 3 from 74 to 41 minutes.
  • Close about 60 PPM and reactive work orders a month in SAP PM, keeping PPM completion above 95%.
  • Led root cause analysis on repeat conveyor gearbox failures and added a lubrication route, cutting unplanned downtime 38%.
Electrical Maintenance Technician
2018 – 2021
Midshires Packaging · Nottingham, UK
  • Serviced 3 thermoforming lines, compressors and the site chiller on a weekly PPM plan.
  • Rewired 14 motor control panels to current regulations in a two-week summer shutdown.
  • Set up thermal imaging checks on main distribution boards, finding 9 hot joints before they failed.
Apprentice Electrical Fitter
2015 – 2018
Charnwood Engineering Services · Loughborough, UK
  • Completed a 3-year apprenticeship fitting and testing three-phase supplies, pumps and HVAC units across 20 client sites.
  • Repaired hydraulic and pneumatic press tools and wrote rebuild checklists the team still uses.
EDUCATION
NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Electrotechnical Services
2015 – 2018
Leicester College · Leicester, UK
CERTIFICATIONS
18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671), City & Guilds
2022
Inspection and Testing (2391-52), City & Guilds
2020
SKILLS
Electrical & controls: fault finding, PLC, Allen-Bradley, Siemens S7, VFDs, motor control, three-phase
Mechanical: conveyors, gearboxes, bearings, hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps
Systems & safety: SAP PM, CMMS, work orders, lockout tagout, permit to work, OEE
Layout

A colour bar across the top and a big, bold name. Still one column. Switching layouts never changes the words.

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Maintenance technician resumes fail when they list every tool in the van and say nothing about the plant. An engineering manager screens for multi-skilled cover, the equipment kept running, planned maintenance done on time and downtime brought down. The template above puts the trade ticket, the kit and the uptime numbers where a parser and a shift manager both find them.

Maintenance technician resume summary example

Target roleElectrical Maintenance Technician
SummaryMulti-skilled maintenance technician with nine years on food and packaging lines, electrically biased. Fault finds PLC, motor control and VFD faults and keeps PPM on schedule in SAP PM.
4 of this role's keywords are in the summary
  • PLC
  • motor control
  • PPM
  • SAP PM

The candidate is fictional, so swap in your own numbers. Stuck? The resume summary generator drafts one from your title and results.

Why most maintenance technicians don't get the call

Skills and keywords for a maintenance technician resume

Applicant tracking systems match on literal strings. Spell each term the way the job posting spells it, and group related skills so people and parsers can both follow it.

Maintenance practice

  • preventive maintenance
  • PPM
  • reactive maintenance
  • breakdowns
  • root cause analysis
  • condition monitoring
  • lubrication

Electrical & controls

  • fault finding
  • PLC
  • Allen-Bradley
  • Siemens S7
  • motor control
  • VFDs
  • three-phase
  • wiring diagrams

Mechanical

  • conveyors
  • hydraulics
  • pneumatics
  • gearboxes
  • bearings
  • pumps
  • compressors
  • HVAC

Systems, safety & tickets

  • CMMS
  • SAP PM
  • work orders
  • lockout tagout
  • permit to work
  • OEE
  • City & Guilds
  • NVQ Level 3
  • 18th Edition

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Why each choice was made

  1. Why the lead trade sits in the title line

    "Electrical Maintenance Technician" answers the first screening question before the summary. A food plant hiring an electrical bias can see it in one glance.

  2. Why downtime is a number, not an adjective

    Every technician keeps the line running. The bullets show how much unplanned downtime fell, how fast repairs got and what share of PPM was done on time, so the claim can be checked.

  3. Why the tickets have their own section

    Trade qualifications are hard requirements on most postings. City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3 and the 18th Edition sit in Certifications with the issuer and year, where a strict filter looks.

Maintenance technician resume questions

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What skills should I put on a maintenance technician resume?

The skills the job posting names, spelled the way it spells them. For a maintenance technician that often includes preventive maintenance, PPM, fault finding, PLC, conveyors and hydraulics. Show each one in a bullet with a result, then list the core ones again in a short skills section.

How do I write a maintenance technician resume summary?

Keep it to two or three sentences: your years of experience and where, the scale of your work, and one result with a number. Leave out words a recruiter cannot check, like hardworking or passionate. The example summary on this page shows the pattern.

Is this maintenance technician resume template free?

Yes. Open it in the Studio, replace the example with your own work and download it as a PDF in a free design (Clean, Signal, Editorial and Minimal). Word files and the other designs come with ATSPrep Pro. There is no watermark; downloading needs a free account.

Is this maintenance technician resume template ATS friendly?

Yes. It is one column of real text with standard section headings, and no tables, text boxes or text inside images, so parsers read it in order. Run your finished file through the free ATS resume checker to see the text it gives back.

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  1. Keep the hierarchy. Same section order, plain-text contact details.
  2. Replace every claim. Your scope, your numbers, your tools. Never borrowed achievements.
  3. Run the Review again. Watch the score respond to the evidence in your version.
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