Mobile Mechanical Fitter (Pave)

JR United Kingdom; Salford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Tarmac, a leading company in the industry, is seeking a Mobile Mechanical Plant Fitter to join their team. The role involves maintaining and repairing plant equipment across Yorkshire, emphasizing efficiency and safety. Ideal candidates should possess a strong mechanical background and a valid driving license, with a focus on teamwork and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Access to employee assistance helpline

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in an industrial or agricultural environment as a Mobile Fitter.
• Proven experience in mechanical systems; heavy industry preferred.
• Competent in using application-based inspection schemes.

Responsibilities

• Responding to plant breakdowns ensuring timely return to production.
• Undertaking emergency breakdown repairs on all production equipment.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of the engineering function.

Skills

Fault-finding

Welding

Mechanical systems background

Education

Recognised apprenticeship

ONC/HNC

Job description

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Client:

Tarmac Trading Limited

Location:

salford, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

09.07.2025

Expiry Date:

23.08.2025

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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 to be 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 form part of our 24/7 engineering function maintaining plant equipment primarily on the motorways and local authority roads in the region.If you have experience maintaining agricultural equipment including JCB tractors, combine harvesters or indeed paving plant equipment then this is the ideal role for you.

ThisMobile 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 as well as Sheffield, Worksop, Castleford, Rothwell, Oulton, Swillington, Garforth, Wetherby, Whinmoor, Oakwood, Dewsbury, Headingley, Otley, Halifax and the surrounding area.

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.

Role Responsibility

Reporting to the Team Leader, your role as Mobile Mechanical Plant Fitter will be responsible for:

• Responding to plant breakdowns ensuring assets are returned to production in a timely manner, and temporary fixes are followed up with a permanent solution
• Undertaking emergency breakdown repairs in a timely and efficient way on all production equipment
• Owning small scale projects and delivering them in a pragmatic and proactive manner
• Taking a cost-conscious approach to maintenance activities and coordinating with contractors and suppliers when they are on site
• Participating in root cause analysis so repeat failures can be eliminated
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of the engineering function through your own observations and experience
• Working with risk assessments and method statements and contributing to the preparation and development of safe working methods for repair procedures
• Maintaining and promoting Health & Safety rules and regulations, following all company processes and procedures
• Challenging unsafe conditions and practices, reporting these through company procedures
• Utilising the computerised maintenance management system and recording all work including fault descriptions, spares used, and repairs carried out. Using application-based inspection schemes

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for the role of Mobile Mechanical Plant Fitter will be self-motivated, enthusiastic and able to work with minimal supervision.You should also demonstrate proven experience working within an industrial, agricultural, factory or similar environment as a Mobile Fitter. Suitable candidates will:

• Have a recognised apprenticeship (preferably a higher-level standard)
• ONC/HNC (desirable but not essential)
• Have a strong, practical mechanical systems background, heavy industry preferred - conveyors, drive systems pavers, motors, belts, pumps, gearboxes, crushers, vibratory screens
• Experience of welding and fabricating to a good standard is preferred and able to remove and fit bearings
• Possess a fault-finding ability to identify defects and recommend appropriate action
• Be capable of undertaking emergency breakdown repairs in a timely and efficient manner on all production equipment
• IT literate - capable of using PCs, common applications and company systems
• Competent in the use of application-based inspection schemes
• Ability to assess SHE risks arising from work activities and control risks accordingly
• Knowledge of site-specific SHE procedures and Safe Working Practices
• Flexibility to attend Plant specific training courses and Workshop as well as positive approach to travel across the Yorkshire region

Suitable candidates for the role of Mobile Mechanical Plant Fitter will possess CPC or be willing to train. You will also have a full UK driving licence with less than 6 points as a company van is provided with fuel card.

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

Why Tarmac

In addition to the role of Mobile Mechanical Plant Fitterwe also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:

• 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) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer.We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application.Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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