Wash Plant / Heavy Duty Plant Fitter

Posted 6 days 10 hours ago by Recruit4staff

Permanent
Full Time
Other
England, United Kingdom
Job Description

Recruit4staff is representing a well established recycling and aggregate processing business in their search for a Heavy Plant Fitter to work in Liverpool.

Job Details
  • Role: Heavy Plant Fitter
  • Location: Liverpool (commutable from Ormskirk, Southport, Burscough, St Helens, Warrington, Skelmersdale, Haydock, Widnes)
  • Hours: 07:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday, 47.5 hours per week. Saturday 07:00 - 12:00 when required.
  • Pay: £24 - £26 per hour (depending on experience); overtime £32 per hour outside standard hours.
  • Duration: Permanent.
  • Benefits: Standard pension, 20 days paid annual leave plus Bank Holidays, additional service days after 5 years.
Role and Responsibilities
  • Carry out planned and reactive maintenance, servicing and repairs on heavy plant and wash plant equipment used within the recycling operation.
  • Maintain excavators, loading shovels, crushers, screeners, and wash plant machinery to ensure safe and efficient performance.
  • Diagnose and repair mechanical, hydraulic and electrical faults, carrying out preventative maintenance to maximise machine uptime.
Essential Skills, Experience, or Qualifications
  • Previous experience of heavy plant service and maintenance work.
  • Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent experience working on plant machinery including loading shovels, excavators, wash plant, crusher and screener equipment.
  • Proven experience of troubleshooting, diagnostics, fault finding and breakdown repair.
  • City & Guilds / NVQ in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a busy maintenance team as a Heavy Plant Fitter.
Advantageous Skills, Experience, or Qualifications
  • Previous experience with aggregate wash plant maintenance.
  • Electrical engineering qualifications.
  • NPORS / CPCS Plant Tickets.
Additional Information
  • Saturday morning work may be required depending on operational needs.
  • Excellent opportunity for an experienced Heavy Plant Fitter seeking long term stability.