Nikken Total Sourcing Opens "Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center," Its Second Training Facility Specializing in Automotive and Battery Manufacturing
Nikken Total Sourcing, a 'human capital creation company,' opened its second training facility, the 'Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center,' in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on April 15, 2026. This center specializes in training maintenance engineers for automotive and battery production equipment, addressing the severe shortage of personnel in equipment management and maintenance, and the increasing technical demands due to CASE technology innovations in the automotive industry.
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Nikken Total Sourcing Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Ota-ku, Tokyo), a 'human capital creation company' that views diverse human resources as human capital and creates possibilities through human resource solutions, opened the 'Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center' in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on April 15, 2026. This facility is dedicated to training maintenance engineers for automotive and battery production equipment.
Scene from the practical training room for small FA devices for maintenance training.
Currently, the shortage of personnel in equipment management and maintenance operations is becoming severe. According to the '2024 Maintenance Actual Survey Report,' the response 'methods for human resource development and securing personnel' reached 70.5% as a challenge that increased from fiscal year 2023 (※1).
Particularly in the automotive industry, the advancement and digitalization of equipment are rapidly progressing due to technological innovations called 'CASE' (※2). Along with this, the technical level required of maintenance engineers is increasing year by year, making a highly advanced educational environment for acquiring specialized knowledge indispensable. Furthermore, the aging of domestic maintenance engineers is progressing, making the development of young talent to lead the next generation an urgent issue.
The Kitakyushu area is a cluster of automotive industry factories, and the demand for maintenance engineers in automotive and battery fields is high. Therefore, our company will contribute to solving regional issues by developing and assigning human resources through the Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center.
※1) Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance '2024 Maintenance Actual Survey Report'
https://www.jipm.or.jp/company/report/images/202509.pdf
※2) CASE: Abbreviation for Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Services, Electric.
Milling machine used for precision machining in training.
■ About "Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center"
The Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center is the second training facility, following the Toyota Maintenance Techno Center opened in April 2025, specializing in training maintenance engineers for automotive and battery production equipment. In addition to foreseeing the development of logistics personnel by incorporating transport equipment linked with industrial robots and AGVs, our young instructors are dispatched to automotive manufacturers to receive specialized training, ensuring an educational standard that is immediately applicable to the field. At this center, we will establish a highly advanced training environment to foster highly specialized human resources and improve the instructional capabilities of our instructors. We aim to realize the development and assignment of personnel who possess a high awareness of safety, health, and quality control, and who can immediately contribute as effective workers in the field, thereby contributing to the expansion of maintenance engineers and business in the Kyushu area.
【Overview】
Name: Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center
Location: 〒800-0228 1-4-15 Nagano, Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
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■ About Nikken Total Sourcing
As a 'human capital creation company,' we view human resources active in various fields, transcending the boundaries of industries and occupations, as 'human capital,' and create possibilities for workers, companies, and society through human resource solutions.
【Our Job Search Sites】
・Job search site for factories and manufacturing industries 'e-shigoto': https://1145.jp/
・Community-based job search site 'e-shigoto My Town': https://mytown.1145.jp/
・Job search site for manufacturing engineers 'e-shigoto Engineer': https://engineer.1145.jp/
・New graduate recruitment site: https://nikken-totalsourcing.jp/work/newgraduate/special/
【Company Profile】
Established: April 1981
Headquarters: Nishi-Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Koji Shimizu
Business Description: Comprehensive human resource services (contracting business / temporary staffing business / recruitment business)
Scene from the practical training room for small FA devices for maintenance training.
Currently, the shortage of personnel in equipment management and maintenance operations is becoming severe. According to the '2024 Maintenance Actual Survey Report,' the response 'methods for human resource development and securing personnel' reached 70.5% as a challenge that increased from fiscal year 2023 (※1).
Particularly in the automotive industry, the advancement and digitalization of equipment are rapidly progressing due to technological innovations called 'CASE' (※2). Along with this, the technical level required of maintenance engineers is increasing year by year, making a highly advanced educational environment for acquiring specialized knowledge indispensable. Furthermore, the aging of domestic maintenance engineers is progressing, making the development of young talent to lead the next generation an urgent issue.
The Kitakyushu area is a cluster of automotive industry factories, and the demand for maintenance engineers in automotive and battery fields is high. Therefore, our company will contribute to solving regional issues by developing and assigning human resources through the Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center.
※1) Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance '2024 Maintenance Actual Survey Report'
https://www.jipm.or.jp/company/report/images/202509.pdf
※2) CASE: Abbreviation for Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Services, Electric.
Milling machine used for precision machining in training.
■ About "Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center"
The Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center is the second training facility, following the Toyota Maintenance Techno Center opened in April 2025, specializing in training maintenance engineers for automotive and battery production equipment. In addition to foreseeing the development of logistics personnel by incorporating transport equipment linked with industrial robots and AGVs, our young instructors are dispatched to automotive manufacturers to receive specialized training, ensuring an educational standard that is immediately applicable to the field. At this center, we will establish a highly advanced training environment to foster highly specialized human resources and improve the instructional capabilities of our instructors. We aim to realize the development and assignment of personnel who possess a high awareness of safety, health, and quality control, and who can immediately contribute as effective workers in the field, thereby contributing to the expansion of maintenance engineers and business in the Kyushu area.
【Overview】
Name: Kitakyushu Maintenance Techno Center
Location: 〒800-0228 1-4-15 Nagano, Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
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■ About Nikken Total Sourcing
As a 'human capital creation company,' we view human resources active in various fields, transcending the boundaries of industries and occupations, as 'human capital,' and create possibilities for workers, companies, and society through human resource solutions.
【Our Job Search Sites】
・Job search site for factories and manufacturing industries 'e-shigoto': https://1145.jp/
・Community-based job search site 'e-shigoto My Town': https://mytown.1145.jp/
・Job search site for manufacturing engineers 'e-shigoto Engineer': https://engineer.1145.jp/
・New graduate recruitment site: https://nikken-totalsourcing.jp/work/newgraduate/special/
【Company Profile】
Established: April 1981
Headquarters: Nishi-Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Koji Shimizu
Business Description: Comprehensive human resource services (contracting business / temporary staffing business / recruitment business)