Mobile Plant Fitter

Plantexpand Ltd.; St. Austell; Remote; GBP 38,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary quarterly bonus

Company van

Company fuel card

Company pension

On-call pay

Two staff events & vouchers

Referral bonus

Job summary

Plantexpand Ltd. is seeking a field-based engineer to service and repair plant across St Austell and surrounding sites. You will operate from a van, carrying essential tools and parts, and aim to fix issues first time on site.

Typically you will perform planned maintenance, inspections and urgent repairs on pumps, generators and other site plant, with overtime, a company van, fuel card and a pension scheme included in the package.

Qualifications

• Hands-on maintenance experience on pumps, generators, excavators or small plant.
• Own hand tools available; diagnostics tools supplied as needed.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Willing to work on-site and independently.

Responsibilities

• Service, repair and maintain plant on customer sites in and around St Austell.
• Find the fault and fix it first time.
• Carry out PUWER inspections, pre-delivery inspections, safety checks and trailer defect checks, and report LOLER defects.
• Carry out LOLER thorough examinations on forklifts, telehandlers and excavators used for lifting, once you’re qualified, on equipment maintained by another engineer.
• Log every job on a tablet (photos, hours and parts used), close the job, raise follow-on repairs and talk directly to our service controllers.

Skills

Hands-on maintenance

Own tools

Driving licence

Independent worker

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Plant Maintenance

Tools

Diagnostics tools

Job description

£38,000 to £41,000 + overtime + paid door to door + discretionary company bonus + on-call pay + company van and fuel card

Your van. Your St Austell patch. Fixed first time.

Keep the pumps, generators and site plant around St Austell running, working from a fully stocked van with the job history in your hand before you arrive. Plantexpand maintains the plant and vehicles behind the UK’s water, power, gas and telecoms networks, working for national utilities, councils, government and operators of critical sites. Around 95% of our work is done on site, and we empower our engineers to fix first time, with an eight bay workshop, a planning team and our partner suppliers behind them.

What you'll work on

• Pumps and generators
  
• Excavators, small plant and small tools
  
• Trailers and other site plant for utility and public sector customers
  

A typical day

• First thing: check your schedule and van stock, then head to your first site, arriving between 7am and 8am.
  
• Morning: planned servicing, weekly inspections and preventative maintenance, plus a walk round the site to check any other assets.
  
• Afternoon: breakdowns and urgent repairs, collecting parts when needed, and finishing your service reports.
  
• The mix: around 60 to 70% planned maintenance and 30 to 40% breakdowns and repairs.
  

What you'll do

• Service, repair and maintain plant on customer sites in and around St Austell
  
• Find the fault and fix it first time
  
• Carry out PUWER inspections, pre-delivery inspections, safety checks and trailer defect checks, and report LOLER defects
  
• Carry out LOLER thorough examinations on forklifts, telehandlers and excavators used for lifting, once you’re qualified, on equipment maintained by another engineer
  
• Log every job on a tablet (photos, hours and parts used), close the job, raise follow-on repairs and talk directly to our service controllers
  

What you'll need

• Hands‑on maintenance experience on pumps, generators, excavators or small plant (any one of these is enough to apply)
  
• Your own hand tools (we supply specialist tools and diagnostics)
  
• A full UK driving licence
  
• Happy working on your own, out on site
  

Nice to have

• NVQ Level 3 in Plant Maintenance
  
• LOLER experience (training available for strong candidates)
  

Where it can lead

You can progress from engineer to senior engineer and supervisor, with cross‑training into other disciplines.

Hours

Full time, Monday to Friday: 45 hours a week, plus 2.5 hours of paid meal breaks across the week. You are paid door to door, from when you leave home.

What you get

• £38,000 to £41,000 a year, plus overtime and enhanced overtime
  
• Discretionaryperformance bonus: paid quarterly, based on company targets
  
• £200 a week when you are on the on-call rota, plus enhanced overtime and call‑out payments
  
• Company van no more than four years old, designed by our engineers and fitted with the major tools, diagnostics and parts for the job, plus a company fuel card (business use only)
  
• Company pension
  
• Two paid staff events a year and monthly recognition vouchers
  
• £2,000 for every engineer you refer who we hire
  

Ex‑Forces and career changers with the right mechanical skills are welcome. Plantexpand is an Armed Forces Covenant signatory.