Mechanical Maintenance Fitter – Day Shift, Plant Reliability

Evolve Personnel; Great Wyrley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolve Personnel is recruiting a Mechanical Maintenance Fitter to join a busy engineering team within a manufacturing environment. The role operates on a 4 on/4 off day shift, focusing on plant reliability, reducing downtime and supporting continuous improvements.

Key duties include responding to breakdowns, fault diagnosis, parts requisition, project support for new equipment installations, component repair, mentoring apprentices and contributing to TPM activities.

Qualifications

• Mechanical engineering qualification (Apprenticeship / NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds Level 3).
• Experience in a mechanical fitting or maintenance role.
• Knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings.
• Welding, grinding and oxy-acetylene cutting skills.
• Strong manufacturing/heavy industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Respond to breakdowns to maximise plant uptime
• Diagnose faults/root cause and implement corrective actions
• Carry out parts requisitions to maintain stock levels and reduce downtime
• Assist with project work (new equipment installations and factory improvements)
• Repair, overhaul and refurbish components and equipment
• Mentor and support apprentices
• Support and complete TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
• Preparing reports/checklists

Skills

Mechanical fitting

Maintenance

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Reading drawings

Welding

Oxy-acetylene

Mentoring

Education

Mechanical engineering qual

Job description

Evolve Personnel is recruiting a Mechanical Maintenance Fitter to join a busy engineering team within a manufacturing environment. The role operates on a 4 on/4 off day shift, focusing on plant reliability, reducing downtime and supporting continuous improvements.

Key duties include responding to breakdowns, fault diagnosis, parts requisition, project support for new equipment installations, component repair, mentoring apprentices and contributing to TPM activities.