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2026 Trade Apprenticeship - Heavy Plant fitter

Posted 13 days 12 hours ago by Best Apprenticeships

£40,000 - £60,000 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Apprenticeships & Internships Jobs
Cheshire, Crewe, United Kingdom, CW1 2
Job Description

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
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