Mechanical Fitter

Location Doncaster
Discipline: Construction, Civil Engineering
Salary: £Up to £30000.00 per annum + Overtime available.
Contact name: Luke Norton

Contact email: luke.norton@hs2recruitment.com
Job ref: BBBH10316_1664465558
Published: over 1 year ago
Startdate: ASAP

Description and requirements


Based in Doncaster our clients facility provides a huge range of manufacturing, engineering and maintenance services, using specialist equipment and precision tooling. The facility provides the main hub for internal piling and foundation equipment.
We employ a multi-skilled team of mechanical and civil engineers at the South Yorkshire site. Their expertise includes production design, fabrication, welding, electrical engineering, hydraulics and computer numerical control machining.
The over-riding responsibility of a Fitter is to carry out maintenance and repairs to plant and equipment to the required standard, as directed by the Fitting Shop supervision.
Your responsibilities:

  • Carry out routine maintenance and repairs of all mechanical aspects of the plant and ancillary equipment within the depot
  • Fixed mechanical installation work
  • Utilise diagnostic technology to test, inspect and diagnose faults on plant and ancillary equipment
  • Plan, prioritise and schedule the flow of work on a daily basis
  • Progress the work / job from initial inspection through to final inspection and sign-off
  • Identify, record and requisition repair items / parts as required, ensuring continuity of the work
  • Travel to sites to carry out repairs, inspections, testing and servicing as required
  • Report to supervision about any training needs to develop a full skills set required for the role
  • Occasional UK wide travel expected


We're Looking for

  • Required: City & Guilds / NVQ L3 or equivalent in Plant Maintenance or Fitting
  • Desirable: Knowledge of all types of piling / ground engineering rigs and equipment
  • Health and Safety trained - CSCS card
  • Experience in carrying out repairs and maintenance of plant and equipment
  • Environmental awareness
  • Manual handling


Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams.