Shift Maintenance Fitter

Andrews Recruitment Group Limitted; Grays; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Andrews Recruitment Group is seeking a Shift Maintenance Fitter on a permanent basis at a busy Essex manufacturing site. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on production machinery to ensure safe, reliable operation.

The role demands hands-on mechanical skills, fault diagnosis, fitment of bearings, shafts and related components, with opportunities for welding and pipefitting support and a strong emphasis on health and safety.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical maintenance within manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Ability to diagnose mechanical faults and perform repairs on production equipment.
• Comfortable working independently in a production environment.
• Experience using maintenance management or CMMS systems.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery.
• Respond to mechanical breakdowns and reactive maintenance requests.
• Maintain and replace bearings, shafts, rollers and other mechanical components.
• Diagnose faults and perform effective mechanical repairs.
• Use hand tools, bearing presses and specialist fitting equipment.
• Support plant reliability and reduce downtime.
• Carry out general mechanical maintenance across the site; assist with welding, fabrication and pipefitting when required.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Fault finding

Independent work

CMMS usage

Health & safety

Tools

CMMS software

Bearing presses

Job description

Shift Maintenance Fitter

Location: Thurrock, Essex

Salary: Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits

Hours: 42 hours per week

Shift Pattern: Days and Nights

Contract: Permanent

Are you an experienced Shift Maintenance Fitter with a strong mechanical maintenance background within manufacturing, aggregates, concrete, quarrying, recycling, heavy industry or a similar production environment?

We are recruiting for a Shift Maintenance Fitter to join a busy heavy manufacturing site in Essex, supporting the safe and reliable operation of production machinery through planned, preventative and reactive maintenance.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically skilled engineer or fitter who is confident working independently, diagnosing mechanical faults and completing repairs across a range of industrial plant and production equipment.

The Role

As a Shift Maintenance Fitter, you will be responsible for:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery
• Responding to mechanical breakdowns and reactive maintenance requirements
• Maintaining and replacing bearings, shafts, rollers and other mechanical components
• Diagnosing faults and completing effective mechanical repairs
• Working with hand tools, bearing presses and specialist fitting equipment
• Supporting plant reliability and reducing production downtime
• Carrying out general mechanical maintenance across the manufacturing facility
• Supporting welding, fabrication and pipefitting activities where required

What We’re Looking For

The successful Shift Maintenance Fitter will ideally have:

• Previous mechanical maintenance experience within manufacturing or heavy industry
• Experience working with bearings, shafts, rollers, conveyors or similar machinery
• Experience completing both planned and reactive maintenance
• Good mechanical fault-finding ability
• Confidence working independently in a production environment
• Experience using maintenance management or CMMS systems
• A strong approach to health, safety and housekeeping
• Welding and/or pipefitting experience would be advantageous
• IOSH training would also be beneficial
• Candidates from backgrounds including concrete, aggregates, quarrying, cement, brick, block manufacturing, asphalt, recycling, waste, steel, heavy manufacturing and industrial production would be particularly relevant