Plant Fitter

Fm Conway; Northampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Life assurance

Pension benefits

Training opportunities

Discounts via Rewarding Great People

Job summary

FM Conway is seeking a Plant Fitter to join our Aggregate and Asphalt division and ensure reliability and efficiency of our asphalt plants. You will perform electrical and mechanical maintenance, support plant operations, and contribute to continuous improvement and future project work.

Based at our Midlands expansion, you will help establish engineering standards, site performance and operational success, while mentoring apprentices and coordinating contractors as required.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance within a process or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of health and safety and safe isolation procedures.
• Level 3 engineering qualification and 18th Edition certification.
• Strong problem solving and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Good communication skills and a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out planned and reactive electrical and mechanical maintenance to maximise plant uptime.
• Diagnosing faults and completing repairs, installations, and breakdown response.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety procedures, including permit to work and LOTOTO.
• Supporting maintenance systems, including CMMS updates and technical documentation.
• Assisting with engineering projects from planning through to commissioning.
• Supervising and coordinating contractors and maintenance activities where required.
• Providing out-of-hours support and mentoring apprentices and team members.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Health & safety

Communication skills

Driving licence

Team player

Education

Level 3 engineering qualification

Tools

18th Edition wiring regs certification

Job description

Receiving full training and structured induction support to understand our operations, systems and engineering standards. By the time the new plant opens, you will be fully prepared to lead from day one and play a major role in establishing a successful new production site. To learn more about our new plant, please visit Wellingborough – FM Conway.

FM Conway is currently seeking a Plant Fitter to join our Aggregate and Asphalt division and play a key role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our asphalt manufacturing plants. As our Plant Fitter you will perform a multi-skilled role, carrying out electrical and mechanical maintenance, supporting plant operations, and contributing to continuous improvement and future project work. This is a full time, permanent role.

Be Part of Something New! With over 15 years' experience producing high-quality asphalt, FM Conway operates seven successful asphalt plants across the South of England and is now expanding into the Midlands with our eighth site in Wellingborough.

The successful Lead Fitter will join a brand-new team and will be crucial to setting up the new plant, helping to establish engineering standards, site performance and operational success from the very beginning.

Joining ahead of the plant opening in 2027, you will initially work across our existing Southeast sites, from our in-house mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Aggregate and Asphalt Division. FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years' experience in creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values of Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its people, and we are always looking for talented individuals to join our family. Our Aggregate and Asphalt division manufactures a range of high-quality products tailored to meet customer needs. We recycle highways arisings at our static crushing, washing and grading plants, with Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) used in our local plants to supply construction sites across London and Southern England. You will be joining a thriving team committed to our vision and continued investment in our self-delivery model.

The duties of the Plant Fitter role will include:

• Carrying out planned and reactive electrical and mechanical maintenance to maximise plant uptime
• Diagnosing faults and completing repairs, installations, and breakdown response
• Ensuring compliance with health & safety procedures, including permit to work and LOTOTO
• Supporting maintenance systems, including CMMS updates and technical documentation
• Assisting with engineering projects from planning through to commissioning
• Supervising and coordinating contractors and maintenance activities where required
• Providing out-of-hours support and mentoring apprentices and team members

What skills and experience do you need?

• experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance within a process or manufacturing environment
• strong understanding of health and safety and safe isolation procedures
• Level 3 engineering qualification
• 18th Edition wiring regulations certification
• strong problem solver
• ability to work independently or as part of a team
• good communication skills
• full UK driving licence

What benefits will you receive?

• career and professional development
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
• life assurance
• enhanced maternity pay
• opportunities for internal and external training
• access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform
• range of health and wellbeing benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support

Closing Date: 08/10/#####

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

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