2026 Trade Apprenticeship - Heavy Plant fitter

This role will start in September 2026.

We are looking for people with a genuine interest in construction and the built environment. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and ambitious, with the potential to progress to a supervisory / management role over a five-to-ten-year period.

Responsibilities

• Completion of planned preventative and corrective maintenance activities in a timely manner to minimise equipment downtime.
• Maintain records of works completed and support processes.
• Adhere to all safety related documentation (Safe Systems of Work, Visual Task Sheets & Risk Assessments/Permits to work, etc.) for all maintenance activities.
• Strong & proactive communication with site team.
• Support management with root cause problem solving exercises.
• Timesheets submitted in a timely manner to management.
• Task sheets completed on time and to the required level of detail
  improvement in plant availability.
• Play your part in a reduction on overall maintenance spend year on year by suggested alternative ways.
• Remain legally compliant and provide safe operations.

Key skills

Strong maintenance background with excellent understanding of heavy plant machinery ranging from excavators, telehandlers, dumpers & rollers etc. (OEM understanding for JCB and Komatsu machines preferred.)

This is a role that requires goods problem solving skills and the ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining best practice H&S standards. A key measure - turnaround time on assets allowing the company to generate higher revenues from asset availability.

Key Areas

• Electrical fault finding
• Hydraulics
• Fault diagnosis
• Pneumatics
• General servicing and defect repair
• Problem solving
• Planning and organising
• Good communication skills
• Knowledge continuous improvement