Site Based Plant Fitter

Balfour Beatty plc; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave (pro rata)

Pension and recognition schemes

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Asset & Technology Solutions is seeking a skilled Site Based Plant Fitter to support projects across Scotland. You will service and maintain large diesel-powered plant, diagnose faults, and perform preventative maintenance on OHL equipment on site.

The role involves travel across Scotland, occasional workshop attendance, and a commitment to safety, quality workmanship, and accurate documentation. Flexibility for overtime and away‑from‑home periods is required.

Qualifications

• Completed a recognised plant apprenticeship or hold a relevant mechanical or electrical qualification.
• Experience servicing and maintaining large diesel-powered plant, including hydraulic and electrical systems.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Ability to read and interpret hydraulic schematics and electrical wiring diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out servicing, maintenance, inspections, and repairs on specialist OHL plant and equipment.
• Diagnosing and resolving hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical faults on large diesel‑driven plant.
• Delivering planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown support.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records and documentation.

Skills

Plant maintenance

Diagnostics

Electrical systems

Hydraulics

Schematics reading

Education

Plant apprenticeship

Mechanical qualification

Electrical qualification

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty Asset & Technology Solutions is looking for a skilled and motivated Site Based Plant Fitter to join our team, supporting projects across Scotland. This is a hands‑on role working predominantly on operational sites, ensuring our specialist overhead line (OHL) plant and equipment remains safe, compliant, and fully operational.

As a key member of our Plant & Fleet team, you will play an important role in maintaining a fleet of specialist plant and equipment that supports major infrastructure projects. The position offers a varied and rewarding workload, combining planned maintenance, reactive repairs, breakdown support, and fault diagnosis across a range of large diesel-powered machinery.

This role is primarily site-based and will involve travel throughout Scotland, with occasional attendance at our Shotts workshop when operational requirements dictate.

What you'll be doing

• Carrying out servicing, maintenance, inspections, and repairs on specialist OHL plant and associated equipment.
• Diagnosing and resolving hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical faults on large diesel‑driven plant.
• Delivering both planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown support.
• Ensuring all plant and equipment is maintained in accordance with manufacturer specifications, statutory requirements, and company standards.
• Accurately completing maintenance records and documentation using electronic systems.
• Managing and recording spare parts usage and identifying replacement requirements.
• Supporting workshop activities and assisting colleagues with maintenance tasks when required.
• Maintaining a safe, clean, and organised working environment at all times.
• Working closely with operational teams, customers, and supply chain partners to ensure plant availability and minimise downtime.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and contributing to positive safety performance.
• Participating in overtime, weekend working, and occasional periods away from home when required to support project delivery.

Who we're looking for

We're seeking an experienced plant maintenance professional who enjoys working in a fast‑paced operational environment and takes pride in delivering high standards of workmanship and customer service.

Essential Requirements

• Completed a recognised plant apprenticeship or hold a relevant mechanical or electrical qualification.
• Experience servicing and maintaining large diesel‑powered plant, including hydraulic and electrical systems.
• Strong fault‑finding and diagnostic skills.
• Ability to read and interpret hydraulic schematics and electrical wiring diagrams.
• Experience working within busy site‑based environments.
• Good understanding of workplace health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Competent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Flexible approach to travel, overtime, weekend working, and staying away from home when required.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience maintaining specialist plant used within the overhead line or power transmission industry.
• Forklift and telehandler certification.
• Welding qualification.
• IOSH or other recognised safety qualification, 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]