Shift Mechanical Fitter in Rogerstone

Morgan Ryder Associates; Rhiwderin; On-site; GBP 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturing company in Newport is seeking a Shift Mechanical Fitter. The role involves rotating shifts and focuses on maintaining and ensuring equipment availability with responsibilities in diagnostics, repairs, and proactive maintenance. Candidates should have significant experience in manufacturing, hold relevant mechanical qualifications, and possess strong fault-finding skills.

Benefits

25 days holiday + stats

Pension: 3%

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post-apprenticeship experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong fault-finding skills and ability to work from engineering drawings.
• Time served Mechanical Engineer with relevant qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Reactive, planned, and proactive maintenance on a wide range of process plant and equipment.
• Fault finding, diagnostics, and repair.
• Updating the planned maintenance system.

Skills

Fault finding

Communication

Team player

Education

C&G, NVQ, HNC in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Lathes

Milling

Welding

Turning

Fitting

Job description

Shift Mechanical Fitter

Earlies, Lates, Nights

£58,000 + Benefits

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join a global business at their manufacturing facility in Newport.

Working on a rotating 3-shift system, you will be responsible for ensuring high levels of equipment availability across the plant.

Key Tasks:

• Reactive, planned, and proactive maintenance on a wide range of process plant and equipment
• Fault finding, diagnostics, and repair
• Planned and reliability maintenance tasks
• Equipment installation
• Updating the planned maintenance system
• Requisitioning spare parts

Skills/Experience:

• Time Served Mechanical Engineer (C&G, NVQ, HNC)
• Minimum of 5 years post-apprenticeship experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with lathes, milling, welding, turning, fitting
• Strong fault-finding skills and ability to work from engineering drawings
• Team player
• Excellent communication skills

On Offer:

• Salary: £58,000 (including payment for 1 weekend in 4 and 50 days holiday cover)
• 25 days holiday + stats
• Pension: 3%
• Shifts:
• Week 1: 06:00 - 14:00 Mon-Thurs, 06:00 - 11:00 Fri
• Week 2: 14:00 - 22:00 Mon-Thurs, 10:00 - 16:00 Fri
• Week 3: 16:00 - 21:00 Mon-Thurs, 16:00 - 21:00 Fri

For more information, APPLY NOW or email your CV to (url removed).

At Morgan Ryder, we provide a full range of employment opportunities, from short-term and fixed-term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies in industries including Food and Drink Manufacturing, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment:

We value diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates. We strive to recruit, develop, and retain the best talent, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, ethnicities, beliefs, ages, and family statuses.

Please note that calls to and from Morgan Ryder offices may be monitored or recorded for compliance, training, and record-keeping purposes.