Lead Plant Fitter

FM Conway Ltd; Erith; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

FM Conway is seeking a Lead Plant Fitter to join our Aggregate and Asphalt division at the Erith Asphalt Plant. You will oversee maintenance, plan preventative work, and lead a team to maximise plant availability and safety.

You should have strong mechanical and electrical maintenance skills, fault-finding and welding/fabrication experience, and a relevant engineering qualification with a full UK driving licence. This is a hands-on leadership role in a heavy industrial environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced Plant Fitter or Engineer in asphalt, aggregates or heavy industrial environments.
• Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance skills with fault-finding ability.
• Previous experience leading or supervising a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate maintenance across asphalt and mobile plant.
• Plan, carry out and review risk assessments and permits to work.
• Ensure maintenance through preventative maintenance and inspections.
• Diagnose faults, attend breakdowns and perform mechanical repairs.
• Maintain a safe, clean and well-organised working environment.
• Manage maintenance activities within budgets.
• Work with operations to identify improvements and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide maintenance support at other sites as required.

Skills

Fault-finding

Team leadership

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical maintenance

Health and safety understanding

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

Lead Plant Fitter required at FM Conway!

FM Conway is looking for an experienced and proactive Lead Plant Fitter to join our Aggregate and Asphalt division, based at our Erith Asphalt Plant.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer with a background in asphalt, aggregates or a similar heavy industrial environment to take a lead role in maintaining and improving the performance of our plant and equipment.

You will be responsible for overseeing planned preventative maintenance, responding to breakdowns and carrying out mechanical repairs, fabrication and welding. You will also play an important role in supporting the wider operations team, ensuring equipment is maintained to a high standard and the site remains safe, clean and efficient.

The duties of the Lead Plant Fitter will include:

• Leading and ensuring all maintenance activities across the asphalt and mobile plant are completed in line with statutory legislation and FM Conway's Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality policies.
• Planning, carrying out and reviewing risk assessments, method statements, permits to work and safe working procedures for maintenance activities.
• Ensuring all plant and equipment is maintained through an effective planned preventative maintenance and inspection programme.
• Diagnosing faults, attending breakdowns and carrying out mechanical repairs, fabrication and welding to minimise downtime and maximise plant availability.
• Maintaining a safe, clean and organised working environment, ensuring high standards of housekeeping across the site.
• Managing maintenance activities effectively to support operational requirements and work within agreed budgets.
• Working closely with operational teams to identify improvements, resolve issues and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Providing maintenance support at other sites when required, including breakdown assistance and planned maintenance shutdowns.

What skills and experience do you need?

Experienced Plant Fitter or Engineer with a background in asphalt, aggregates or heavy industrial environments. Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance skills, fault-finding and repair experience, with previous experience leading or supervising a team. Good understanding of health and safety and planned preventative maintenance. Relevant engineering qualification and full UK driving licence essential.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Aggregate and Asphalt Division

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years' experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values of Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people, and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

Our Aggregate and Asphalt division manufactures a range of high-quality products to meet the needs of our customers. We also recycle highway arisings at our unique static crushing, washing and grading plants, producing Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) which is reused in our local asphalt plants to supply construction sites across London and Southern England.

You will be joining an established and growing team, playing an important role in maintaining our plant and equipment and supporting our continued investment in our self-delivery model.

Closing Date: 6 December 2026

FM Conway is required to verify the right to work in the UK for all successful candidates. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory right-to-work checks.

Please note that FM Conway is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must therefore have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship from FM Conway, either now or in the future.

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

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