Workshop Fitter

GAP Group; Lower Blandford St Mary; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 38 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Life Assurance

Health & Wellness Support

Generous holidays

Résumé du poste

GAP Group is seeking a skilled Plant Mechanic to service and maintain our fleet of diggers, dumpers and hand tools across depots and at customer sites. You’ll diagnose faults, perform repairs and update service records to keep equipment safe, reliable and ready to hire.

We offer real career progression in a business that invests in its people, with training and development from day one and a supportive team focused on quality service and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Proven mechanical experience; plant hire training provided.
• Experience with diesel engines beneficial.
• Keen eye for detail and ability to stay calm under pressure.
• Customer-focused mindset and collaborative team player.
• Full, valid driving licence preferred but not essential.

Responsabilités

• Servicing and maintaining a wide range of plant and tool equipment within the GAP fleet.
• Diagnosing faults and completing repairs efficiently to minimise downtime.
• Accurately updating service records and ensuring compliance with safety standards.
• Occasionally attending customer sites to carry out repairs and maintenance.
• Supporting the depot team to ensure equipment availability and customer satisfaction.

Connaissances

Mechanical experience

Diesel engines

Attention to detail

Customer-focused

Team player

Full driving licence

Description du poste

Fitter (Plant Mechanic)

Ready to get hands-on with industry-leading equipment and make a real impact?

We're looking for a skilled and motivated Plant Mechanic to join our high-performing Plant & Tool division. If you're passionate about machinery, thrive on solving problems, and want to be part of a business that's growing fast-this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

As a Plant Mechanic, you'll play a key role in keeping our fleet of diggers, dumpers, and hand tools hire-ready. You'll carry out servicing, maintenance, and repairs-both in the depot and occasionally on customer sites-ensuring our equipment is safe, reliable, and ready to go when our customers need it.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role offering real career progression in a company that invests in its people.

What You'll Be Doing

• Servicing and maintaining a wide range of plant and tool equipment within the GAP fleet
• Diagnosing faults and completing repairs efficiently to minimise downtime
• Accurately updating service records and ensuring compliance with safety standards
• Occasionally attending customer sites to carry out repairs and maintenance
• Supporting the depot team to ensure equipment availability and customer satisfaction

What You'll Bring

We're looking for someone with strong technical expertise and a proactive approach, including:

• Proven experience working in a mechanical role - candidates out with the plant hire industry are welcomed as full training will be provided!
• Experience with diesel engines would be highly beneficial
• A keen eye for detail and the ability to stay calm under pressure
• A customer-focused mindset and a collaborative team spirit
• A full, valid driving licence is preferred but not essential

About GAP and What We Offer

You'll be joining an industry leader that's growing and genuinely committed to your success. At GAP, we're proud to be the UK's leading equipment hire provider-supporting projects big and small across construction, infrastructure, events, and more. With nearly 200 locations nationwide and a wide range of specialist divisions, we offer exciting opportunities in everything from Plant and Tools to Lifting, Survey, Pumps, Power and Environmental, and Event Services.

As a family-run business with over 50 years of experience, we believe in doing things the right way. That means:

• More investment in our equipment than anyone else in the industry, so you work with the best tools in the game
• Remaining fully independent, which lets us make agile, long-term decisions that support your success
• Offering real career growth, training, and development from day one
• Support that values you - from generous holidays to Life Assurance and Health & Wellness Support

We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer and embrace the unique contributions each individual brings.