Wash Plant / Heavy Duty Plant Fitter

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.