Maintenance Fitter

Driver Hire Borders; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Driver Hire Borders is seeking a skilled Plant Fitter to join their team in Portsmouth. This role involves the maintenance and repair of heavy plant machinery, with a strong focus on quality work and safety standards. Ideal candidates will hold a recognised apprenticeship, possess excellent problem-solving skills, and have a full UK driving licence. Enjoy competitive pay rates and attractive benefits in a role dedicated to sustainable practices.

Benefits

Attractive pay rates

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Wellbeing Scheme with unlimited access to GPs

Employee Support for Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Experience with heavy plant machinery is preferred.
• Full UK Driving Licence is required.
• Ability to work independently and manage workload.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair hydraulic systems and heavy machinery.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical and hydraulic faults.
• Respond to urgent breakdowns and perform welding tasks.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Mechanical Skills

Education

Recognised apprenticeship in plant maintenance

Job description

Package Description:

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- Attractive pay rates + Increased overtime rates
• 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 be a better place to live for the next generation
The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate previous experience of working as a plant fitter, as well as possess good knowledge and understanding of fixed or mobile plant machinery and equipment. Ideally you will be apprentice trained in construction/agricultural plant maintenance or be a time served mechanical fitter. You must be able to have excellent communication skills and work well on your own initiative.

Working hours are Friday - Sunday, 6am - 6pm, 36 hours per week.

What You Will Be Doing:
• Maintain and repair equipment including hydraulic systems, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors, and treatment machinery.
• Perform routine inspections, servicing, calibrations, and part replacements.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical faults efficiently.
• Record maintenance activities and document equipment issues.
• Respond to urgent breakdowns, including weekend callouts.
• Interpret project plans and coordinate installations with on-site teams.
• Carry out MIG, TIG, and other welding tasks as needed.
• Ensure high-quality workmanship, following safety standards at all times.
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement approach to all aspects of work

About You:
• Recognised apprenticeship, preferably a higher-level standard.
• Ideally candidates would have experience working with, repairing and servicing Heavy Plant and Machinery
• Working independently, you will be expected to manage your time and workload.
• Full UK Driving Licence


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.

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