Maintenance Fitter

EMR UK Careers; East Tilbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to sustainability and making a positive impact on the environment. As a Maintenance Fitter, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and repairing essential machinery, ensuring smooth operations within the plant. This position offers the opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive environment, with a focus on health, safety, and environmental standards. If you have experience with heavy machinery and a passion for sustainability, this role is perfect for you. Be part of a team that is committed to creating a greener future for generations to come.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Cycle to work scheme

25 days annual leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Wellbeing Scheme

Employee Support

24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme

Financial Wellbeing Support

Online savings with major retailers

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance of heavy machinery and plant equipment is essential.
• Knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical activities to ensure efficient plant operation.
• Promote a positive safety culture and prevent equipment breakdown.

Skills

Plant Maintenance

Mechanical Engineering

Welding

Hydraulic Equipment

Pneumatic Equipment

Conveyor Systems

3 Phase System

Job description

Package Description:

• Attractive pay rates + Increased overtime rates
• Core hours Monday-Friday; 06.30am-16.30
Plus great benefits such as:

1. Bonus scheme
2. Cycle to work scheme
3. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus each year you will have the option to buy and sell leave
4. Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
5. 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
6. Employee Support to include Life Assurance and critical illness pay
7. 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support – access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance
8. 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.
As a Maintenance Fitter, you will use and build upon your solid foundation of knowledge and expertise of plant maintenance and repair. You will be supported with training and development along the way so that you can expand your skills and responsibilities further. If you have any type of experience in working on/carrying out maintenance on varied plant machinery, heavy engineering equipment, pneumatic and hydraulic equipment, conveyor systems, shredders, motors, 3 phase system and power supply we want you to apply.
What You Will Be Doing:

1. Our maintenance team members are significant to our depots, without their knowledge and experience in reactive and planned maintenance, we could come to a standstill.
2. Performing a range of mechanical activities to ensure the plant runs efficiently.
3. Promoting a positive Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental culture throughout the business.
4. Work in a pro-active preventative environment to prevent breakdown or failure.
5. Previous experience of working in an industrial/factory environment would be beneficial.

About You:

1. Ideally, you will have worked on heavy machinery and plant - pneumatic and hydraulic equipment, conveyor systems, shredders, motors, 3 phase system and power supply
2. If you've got experience working as an engineer/fitter, then we would like to hear from you.
3. Ideal candidate will have experience in Welding, Burning and Fabrication.

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.’

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.

Recruitment Agencies:
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) and do not accept speculative CVs. Any unsolicited CVs, whether related to a specific position or submitted speculatively, will not be considered.