Mobile Plant Fitter

Balfour Beatty; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure solutions provider is seeking a Mobile Plant Fitter to support overhead line wiring projects across the UK. This site-based role involves servicing and maintaining large plant equipment and requires flexibility to live near projects. The ideal candidate should have a mechanical/electrical qualification and experience with diesel-driven equipment. Benefits include flexible working arrangements and 25 days annual leave.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Experience servicing and maintaining large diesel-driven plant.
• Ability to read hydraulic schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, and repair OHL plant and equipment.
• Work independently and in teams to support maintenance tasks.
• Complete documentation accurately.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

Experience with diesel-driven plant

Skilled in fault finding

Effective communication skills

Team player

Education

Recognised mechanical/electrical qualification

Completed plant apprenticeship

Tools

Microsoft Office

Forklift and telehandler

Job description

About the role

Join Balfour Beatty Asset & Technology Solutions as a Mobile Plant Fitter, supporting overhead line (OHL) wiring operational projects at various sites across the UK.

This predominantly site-based role requires flexibility to live near projects (typically in your own caravan) and follow a working pattern of 11 days on, 3 days off. When not on site, you'll work from our large plant workshop in Derby.

You'll play a key part in ensuring our large plant and specialist equipment is serviced, maintained, and repaired to the highest standards, maximising equipment availability for our clients.

What you'll be doing

Your responsibilities will be as follows:

• Service, maintain, and repair OHL plant and specialist equipment, ensuring compliance with legislation and manufacturer requirements.
• Work both independently and as part of a team, supporting others in maintenance tasks.
• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across a variety of plant and equipment.
• Maintain tidy and safe work areas, adhering to health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Complete all documentation and electronic records accurately and promptly.
• Manage spare parts stock, including booking out and requesting parts as needed.
• Deliver customer requirements, including breakdown response, in line with agreed service level agreements (SLAs).
• Undertake relevant training and additional tasks as required.
• Work regular paid overtime, including weekdays and weekends.
• Liaise with internal teams (Transport, Goods In/Out, Stock Controllers, Management) and external contacts (Customers, Supply Chain, LOLER inspection providers).

Who we're looking for

Essential qualities and experience

• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure in a busy site environment.
• Experience servicing and maintaining large diesel‑driven plant, including hydraulics and electrical systems.
• Ability to read hydraulic schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Recognised mechanical/electrical qualification or completed plant apprenticeship.
• Computer literate, able to use Microsoft Office.
• Skilled in fault finding and diagnostics on large diesel‑driven plant.
• Knowledge of workplace health and safety requirements.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Strong team player with effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to work overtime, weekends, and live away from home (11 days on, 3 days off).

Desirable qualities and experience

• Maintenance experience with specialist plant used in the OHL wiring industry.
• Valid forklift and telehandler operator's certificate.
• Welding qualification.
• Safety qualification (e.g., IOSH) or willingness to work towards one.
• EUSR SHEA power qualification.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

About us

Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV's, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail].