Crane Fitter / Engineer

Recruitment Helpline Ltd; Tapton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday + bank holidays

Company Bonus

Company pension

Opportunities for personal development

Job summary

Recruitment Helpline Ltd is seeking a Crane Fitter/Engineer for a permanent, full-time role in Chesterfield (S43). The job covers servicing, maintaining and repairing cranes, goods lifts, and bespoke machinery, with a 39-hour week and overtime opportunities.

Ideal candidates will have mechanical fitting or engineering experience, preferably in lifting equipment or heavy plant, and should demonstrate fault-finding and diagnostic skills.

Qualifications

• Good general engineering skills and ability to fault-find and diagnose problems.
• Basic understanding of hydraulics and DC electrics is required.
• Willingness to meet deadlines and work within a manufacturing team.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and test our range of equipment (cranes and related systems).
• Maintain cranes at factory and customer sites.
• Live within the Clowne area with occasional site work across the UK.
• Sign-off lifting equipment as safe to use when trained.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Fault finding/diagnostics

Willingness to travel

Good communication skills

Tools

Hydraulics

DC electrics

Electrical assembly

Job description

A Crane Fitter / Engineer is sought for a permanent, full-time position in Chesterfield (S43). Working 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with overtime available, the role involves servicing, maintaining and repairing cranes, goods lifts and bespoke machinery. Candidates should have mechanical fitting or engineering experience, ideally within lifting equipment or heavy plant, with fault-finding and diagnostic skills.

A competitive salary is offered, dependent on experience, alongside 24 days' holiday plus bank holidays, a company bonus and pension. The employer, an employee-owned firm with a 50-year history, designs and manufactures specialist equipment, offering genuine prospects for personal development.

An excellent opportunity for a Crane Fitter / Engineer to join a well-established company.

Salary: Competitive Salary – Depending on Experience. Contract: Permanent 39hr week Mon – Fri + Overtime Opportunities. Location: Chesterfield S43.

• 24 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company Bonus
• Company pension
• Opportunities for personal development

Company Profile

The company has a 50-year history and is a thriving firm, which has recently become employee owned. The company designs, manufactures, installs and services cranes, goods lifts, tyre presses, lighting winch systems, forklift trucks and bespoke machinery for the nuclear decommissioning industry. Its products tend to be unique in the marketplace due to the deliberate strategy of finding innovative designs to solve customer problems. The Company sells worldwide and holds a Royal Warrant of Appointment to The King. As an employee-owned business its focus is on sustainability and long-term commitments to customers, staff and suppliers. As a successful and growing business, it has recently been recognised in the LSE Group’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ list.

Job Profile

The applicant will have good general engineering skills and ideally experienced in assembly or repair & maintenance of industrial machines. A basic understanding of hydraulics and DC electrics is required. The successful candidate will be well supported within the manufacturing team and undergo comprehensive training but will be expected to meet deadlines from the outset and their performance will be monitored. The company has high expectations of all employees.

The Role

• Assembly and testing of our range of lorry loader cranes.
• Maintenance of cranes both at the factory and at customer sites.
• The majority of work is based at Clowne but roughly 1 day per week will be spent servicing at customer sites.
• A good attention to detail is required and once trained, the capability to sign-off lifting equipment as safe to use.
• The role requires a willingness to work both in a team and independently.
• The role also requires a degree of flexibility to move between different tasks within the crane department.

Candidate Specifications

• Good mechanical engineering experience
• Hydraulic experience preferred
• Experience with electrical assembly
• Willingness to work independently and travel to customer sites in the UK.
• Good communication skills
• Full UK driving licence

The employer fully supports Equality in Employment. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and business need.