Mobile Mechanical Fitter (Pave)

ZipRecruiter; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in plant maintenance is seeking an experienced Mobile Mechanical Plant Fitter. The role involves maintaining and repairing a variety of plant equipment across Yorkshire, providing a mobile working environment. Ideal candidates will have mechanical backgrounds, including experience with pavers and agricultural equipment, and will be part of a collaborative engineering team dedicated to safety and efficiency.

Benefits

Extensive career development opportunities

Bonus schemes

Contributory pension

Access to discounts

Employee assistance programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Mobile Fitter in industrial or agricultural environments.
• Strong practical mechanical systems background.
• Flexible to attend training and travel across Yorkshire.

Responsibilities

• Respond to plant breakdowns and ensure assets are returned to production promptly.
• Undertake emergency breakdown repairs efficiently.
• Maintain and promote Health & Safety rules and procedures.

Skills

Self-motivated

Fault-finding ability

Welding and fabricating skills

Knowledge of SHE risks

IT literate

Education

Recognised apprenticeship

ONC/HNC (desirable)

Job description

Job Description

Are you an experienced Mechanical Fitter looking for a new challenge? Would you like the freedom of a mobile role, covering multiple sites in Yorkshire to repair and maintain mobile plant? Do you consider yourself well-organised, self-motivated, and driven?

This role may well suit you! We are recruiting a Mobile Mechanical Plant Fitter to join our friendly team covering the Yorkshire region. This key role will be responsible for the maintenance and repair of our Pave plant equipment, including rollers, pavers, and JCBs. You will be part of our 24/7 engineering team maintaining plant equipment primarily on motorways and local authority roads in the region.

If you have experience maintaining agricultural equipment, including JCB tractors, combine harvesters, or paving plant equipment, then this is the ideal role for you.

This Mobile Mechanical Plant Fitter role will cover the whole of Yorkshire and also link with our Salford site. It is easily accessible from Bradford, Leeds, Salford, Wakefield, Pontefract, Sheffield, Worksop, Castleford, Rothwell, Oulton, Swillington, Garforth, Wetherby, Whinmoor, Oakwood, Dewsbury, Headingley, Otley, Halifax, and surrounding areas.

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values, 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.

Role Responsibilities

• Responding to plant breakdowns – ensuring assets are returned to production promptly, with follow-up on temporary fixes with permanent solutions.
• Undertaking emergency breakdown repairs efficiently on all production equipment.
• Owning small-scale projects and delivering them pragmatically and proactively.
• Taking a cost-conscious approach to maintenance activities and coordinating with contractors and suppliers on-site.
• Participating in root cause analysis to eliminate repeat failures.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of the engineering function through observations and experience.
• Working with risk assessments and method statements, contributing to safe working methods for repairs.
• Maintaining and promoting Health & Safety rules and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions.
• Utilising the computerised maintenance management system to record all work, fault descriptions, spares used, and repairs carried out.

The Ideal Candidate

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, able to work with minimal supervision.
• Proven experience working within an industrial, agricultural, or similar environment as a Mobile Fitter.
• Recognised apprenticeship (preferably higher-level), ONC/HNC (desirable).
• Strong practical mechanical systems background (conveyors, drive systems, pavers, motors, belts, pumps, gearboxes, crushers, vibratory screens).
• Welding and fabricating skills, capable of removing and fitting bearings.
• Fault-finding ability, capable of timely emergency repairs.
• IT literate, capable of using PCs and company systems.
• Knowledge of SHE risks and safe working practices.
• Flexible to attend training courses and travel across Yorkshire.
• Possess CPC or willing to train; full UK driving license with less than 6 points.

Why Tarmac?

We offer extensive career development opportunities, industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits, including bonus schemes, enhanced holiday entitlement, contributory pension, access to discounts, employee assistance, and community networks. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment.

If you're ready to build your future, click here to find out more and apply. We encourage prompt applications as the closing date may be brought forward due to high volume.

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer. Please apply via the application button.