Mobile Plant Maintenance Fitter

EMR UK Careers; Hartlepool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable materials is seeking a Mobile Plant Maintenance Fitter to join their maintenance team. This role involves performing reactive, predictive, and planned maintenance on both fixed and mobile plant equipment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in heavy engineering and mobile plant, ensuring minimal downtime and promoting a strong safety culture.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Cycle to work scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Wellbeing Scheme

Employee Support including Life Assurance

24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme

Online savings with major retailers

Qualifications

• Time-served, mechanically biased apprenticeship required.
• Extensive maintenance experience in heavy engineering.
• Proven ability to work independently in a mobile role.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive maintenance support across designated sites.
• Conduct root cause analysis to prevent recurring issues.
• Collaborate closely with the team on plant maintenance.

Skills

Fault-finding

Repair of excavators

Mobile plant fitting

Hydraulic systems expertise

Electrical diagnostics

Education

NVQ Level 3

Tools

Own tools

Job description

Package Description:

- Attractive pay rates + Increased overtime rates

#INDMP
• Bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus each year you will have the option to buy and sell leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Wellbeing Scheme, provided through Health Shield, giving every colleague – and their dependents – unlimited access to GPs and counselling, as well as cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing treatment
• Employee Support to include Life Assurance and critical illness pay
• 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support – access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance
• Online savings- major retailers, utilities, entertainment plus many more!


About Our Opportunity:
Are you looking to have a sustainable career? Whilst truly making the world better, fairer and greener for the next generation.
You will be a true hero in the eyes of future generations to come. By playing a key part in our bold commitment to transform our business into a provider of net zero carbon sustainable materials by 2040. You truly will be making the world a better place to live for the next generation.
We require a skilled Mobile Plant Maintenance Fitter, to join our team working as a key maintenance team member, you will carry out reactive, predictive and planned maintenance on our fixed and mobile plant.

What You Will Be Doing:
• Provide proactive maintenance support across designated sites, ensuring minimal downtime through planned and reactive maintenance.
• Promote a strong Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental culture.
• Conduct root cause analysis to prevent recurring issues and support long-term improvements.
• Maintain critical spare parts and update all work on the CMMS system.
• Complete all PPM tasks and follow up on remedial work.
• Collaborate closely with the team on plant maintenance and condition monitoring.
• Share learnings to boost performance across the business and attend necessary training to stay compliant.

About You:
• Driving licence is essential; Van will be provided to travel to sites
• Time-served, mechanically biased apprenticeship (minimum NVQ Level 3).
• Extensive maintenance experience in heavy engineering and mobile plant, including earth-moving equipment.
• Skilled in fault-finding and repair of excavators, loading shovels, forklifts, skid steers, shears, balers and cranes
• Strong background in mobile plant fitting and remote equipment maintenance.
• High-level expertise in hydraulic systems; electrical diagnostics desirable.
• Understanding of plant operation, maintenance practices, and electrical safety.
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent H&S qualification is desirable.
• Proven ability to work independently in a mobile role, with flexibility to travel between sites as required
• Having your own tools is desirable


Who we are:

Our purpose is to create a future where the materials we use don’t need to be extracted from the planet.’

At EMR, we give new life to unwanted materials. Every year, we recycle 10 million tonnes of metals and plastics, saving 19 million tonnes of carbon from entering the Earth’s atmosphere, diverting waste from landfill and protecting resources and habitats.
We couldn’t do any of this without our team members. In return for all they do, we do everything we can to create an environment of belonging, value, support and growth.
We’re proud to have achieved Great Place To Work status, but it’s about so much more than a badge. It’s about being recognised by our people for the continuous work we do to do better for them:

‘The people who work here are from varied backgrounds and have a variety of beliefs, all of which are accepted and respected.’
‘I’m encouraged to keep a healthy work-life balance so that I can be performing at my best.’
‘I’ve been supported every step of the way in my career progression.’
‘‘EMR offers a fantastic and inclusive environment; collaboration across the whole business, humility and hard work.’

We couldn’t do any of this without our team members. In return for all they do, we do everything we can to create an environment of belonging, value, support and growth, underpinned by our Company values of We Care and We Do.
• We Care
◦ Integrity – our people are Respectful and Honest
◦ Trust – our people are Collaborative and Genuine
• We Do
◦ Accountable – our people are Determined and Responsible
◦ Innovative – our people have a Growth Mind-set and are Progressive
If you want to be part of something bigger than yourself, have a role that really makes a difference and work with likeminded people towards the same purpose, click the link to apply.

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