Mechanical Maintenance Fitter

Tarmac; Mold; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and materials company is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Fitter to join their team in Mold, Flintshire. This role involves carrying out mechanical maintenance activities, ensuring reliability, and monitoring plant performance. The ideal candidate will have proven industrial experience, good knowledge of maintenance systems, and the ability to assess SHE risks. Competitive benefits and career development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance helpline

Access to Employee Communities

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience working within an industrial or factory environment.
• Proficiency with PCs and common applications.
• Ability to assess SHE risks and control them.

Responsibilities

• Carry out scheduled mechanical maintenance activities.
• Monitor and maintain condition and performance of the plant.
• Lead mechanical breakdown repairs to ensure reliability.

Skills

Knowledge of crushing, screening, conveying systems

Fault-finding ability

Good practical knowledge of maintenance systems

Working knowledge of plant and machinery

Basic report writing skills

Job description

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At Tarmac,

‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Fitter to join our friendly team based at Tarmac Hendre Quarry, Hendre, Mold, Flintshire. This is accessible from Connah's Quay, Flint, Rhyl, Holywell, Wrexham, Chester, Corwen and the surrounding areas.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment, and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Main Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Quarry Manager, the Mechanical Maintenance Fitter will be responsible for:
• Carrying out scheduled planned and reactive mechanical maintenance activities to maintain plant condition and performance to support the delivery of the weekly production schedules.
• Monitoring and maintaining the condition and performance of the plant and associated equipment, identifying any circumstances that could impact availability or performance, while supporting the Quarry Manager to meet defined KPI targets.
• Carrying out mechanical activities safely, ensuring jobs are completed in a timely manner, and leading mechanical breakdown and planned repairs to ensure plant reliability and optimize performance.
• Ensuring the most effective mean time to repair methods are adopted to minimize production disruption and downtime.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for the role of Mechanical Maintenance Fitter will demonstrate proven experience working within an industrial, factory, or similar environment, as well as:

• Good knowledge of crushing, screening, conveying, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Proficiency with PCs and common applications and company systems.
• Fault-finding ability to identify defects and recommend appropriate action.
• Good practical knowledge and experience of maintenance systems.
• Ability to assess SHE risks arising from work activities and control risks accordingly.
• Knowledge of site-specific SHE procedures and safe working practices.
• Working knowledge of plant and machinery.
• Basic report writing skills.

Why Tarmac

In addition to the Mechanical Maintenance Fitter role, we offer extensive career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits including:

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks), currently including nine communities: REACH (Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage), LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities