Family-owned market leader

KASTO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1844 and specialises in sawing and storage technology. With a history of more than 170 years it is one of the oldest family-owned businesses in Europe. Armin Stolzer has been the head of the company for nearly 30 years. He is the fifth generation of his family leading the company and, only a few years ago, was joined by the sixth generation. Under his management, KASTO has grown to become the market leader for metal sawing machines, semi-automatic and fully automatic storage systems, as well as automated handling equipment for metal bar stock, sheet metals and parts cut to size. Every single day, new customized solutions “made in Germany” are developed at the headquarter in Achern and the second production site Schalkau. However, the global player KASTO is not only established in Germany: further service and sales locations can be found in France, USA, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK.

The position as a global market leader – in technology and quantity – in metal sawing machines and automatic storage systems is based on approximately 160 patents and more than 140,000 sawing machines shipped and more than 1,700 automatic storage systems installed. The success of the organization is guided by the MORE of KASTO. Whoever wants to achieve more, must do more. Risk more future. Invest more. Integrate more performance. And KASTO reflects exactly all of these principles.

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KASTO Ltd.

&lt;p&gt;KASTO Ltd is the UK company of the global parent company KASTO GmbH. German company, family owned company founded in 1844. World leaders in the production of high quality and performance sawing machines. Producers of material storage&lt;br&gt;solutions. Our typical markets are metal producers, stockists, &amp;amp; associated&lt;br&gt;engineering applications. KASTO Ltd service department covers the whole of the&lt;br&gt;UK, including Northern and Southern Ireland. Full technical support and backup&lt;br&gt;available through UK and German contacts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have opportunities available in the North / Midlands / South to join our busy service team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;tasks&quot;&gt;Tasks&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[ Applicable to both sawing and storage equipment that we produce. ] &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fault finding and diagnosis &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reactive breakdowns &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Planned maintenance and routine servicing &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unplanned maintenance &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Component replacement&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Installation and commissioning  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Operator training and handover &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Administration and reporting&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;requirements&quot;&gt;Requirements&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mobile / field based position&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Home based&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Flexible approach towards overtime and overnight stays when work dictates&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Multi skilled required, but electrical bias is preferred&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of electrical, electronics, PLC [ Seimens S5/S7 ] mechanical, hydraulics,&lt;br&gt;pneumatics required&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;High level technical or professional qualifications [ e.g. HNC / HND ] or demonstrable competency such as an apprenticeship&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IT literate&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Consideration and professionalism towards dealing with customers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ability to work with the existing team of service engineers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Consideration and professionalism in dealing with customers maintenance. Pride in one’s workmanship and work quality with good attention to detail.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;benefits&quot;&gt;Benefits&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Basic salary starting circa £30K [ Based on 40 Hour working week ]&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Overtime paid at time and a third after 40 hours.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Performance related pay structure.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No out of hours, evening or weekend work unless by exceptional cases and prior arrangement.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Daily travel expenses.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Company van. Of which private use is permitted but classed as a taxable benefit. Fuel must be provided for private use, receipts provided and mileage records kept.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fuel card&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Company credit card&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Private individual health care&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pension, The Company operates a group personal pension scheme contributing 6% of your basic pay after 3 months in our employment. You are also able to contribute to this scheme.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Holiday Entitlement, 23 / 24* days [ * 24 days when Christmas Eve falls on a week day ]&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Performance-related pay structure.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are looking forward to your application.&lt;/p&gt;
