Gearbox Fitter

Starkey Recruitment Group; Brierley Hill; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Starkey Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Gearbox Fitter for our UK-based workshop. You will dismantle, inspect, rebuild, and report on industrial gearboxes, ensuring precise workmanship and safety standards.

Day shifts offer around £39k plus overtime and benefits; night shifts around £50k plus overtime and benefits. You will work with drawings and data to troubleshoot faults and contribute to reliability and performance for our customers.

Qualifications

• Time-served apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience
• Solid working knowledge of gearboxes and mechanical assemblies
• Confident using measuring and inspection equipment to ensure accuracy
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical data
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, practical mindset
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team

Responsibilities

• Dismantling and assembling a wide range of industrial gearboxes to a high standard
• Carrying out detailed inspections and producing clear, accurate reports on condition and faults
• Interpreting engineering drawings, technical data, and specifications
• Ensuring all work meets quality, health & safety, and environmental standards
• Working independently while taking full ownership of accuracy and workmanship
• Supporting continuous improvement by identifying smarter, more efficient ways of working
• Responding to urgent or emergency repair requirements when needed

Job description

Industrial Gearbox Fitters

Day vacancies -39k plus overtime and benefits

Night Vacancies 50k plus overtime and Benefits

Are you a skilled Gearbox Fitter who takes pride in precision engineering and quality workmanship?

Do you enjoy diagnosing faults, rebuilding complex machinery, and seeing a job done properly?

We're looking for a hands-on, detail-driven Gearbox Fitter to join our busy and growing gearbox repair team. You'll play a key role in dismantling, inspecting, rebuilding, and reporting on a wide range of industrial gearboxes — contributing directly to reliability, safety, and performance for our customers.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Dismantling and assembling a wide range of industrial gearboxes to a high standard
• Carrying out detailed inspections and producing clear, accurate reports on condition and faults
• Interpreting engineering drawings, technical data, and specifications
• Ensuring all work meets quality, health & safety, and environmental standards
• Working independently while taking full ownership of accuracy and workmanship
• Supporting continuous improvement by identifying smarter, more efficient ways of working
• Responding to urgent or emergency repair requirements when needed

What We’re Looking For

• Time-served apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience
• Solid working knowledge of gearboxes and mechanical assemblies
• Confident using measuring and inspection equipment to ensure accuracy and quality
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical data
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, practical mindset
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team

Education / Experience

• GCSEs (or equivalent)
• Proven experience in a mechanical or gearbox-related role

Why Join Us?

• Stable, long-term role within a specialist engineering team
• Opportunity to work on varied and technically interesting equipment
• Supportive workshop environment that values quality and skill
• Career development potential for motivated engineers

If you're a gearbox fitter who enjoys hands-on engineering, fault-finding, and producing work you're proud of — we'd love to hear from you