Job Description:

Maintenance Fitter / Technician
Location: Southampton
Salary: £45,000+ DOE
Hours: 43.75 hours per week - 07:45 – 17:00 - Monday to Friday

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled engineer to join a busy operation where you will play a key role in ensuring maximum uptime of plant and machinery through proactive and reactive maintenance.
The Role As a Maintenance Fitter / Technician, you will be responsible for keeping heavy plant and processing equipment in optimum operational condition. Machinery includes:

• Heavy mobile plant
• Excavators
• Wheel loaders
• Balers
• Other specialist recycling equipment

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve breakdown issues efficiently
• Respond rapidly to minimise equipment downtime
• Maintain all machinery to a high operational standard in line with company procedures
• Comply with all machine operating systems and safety protocols
• Keep accurate records of machinery on site
• Complete and maintain documentation via CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
• Provide written and verbal reports to line management
• Attend progress meetings as required
• Carry out additional duties as reasonably requested
• Adhere to company policies and procedures

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a similar maintenance role
• Ability to strip down and rebuild hydraulic and mechanical components on heavy machinery
• Strong understanding of technical drawings
• Competent in lifting and slinging operations
• Working knowledge of diesel engine maintenance
• ONC qualification (or equivalent)
• NVQ Level 3 or above in a relevant engineering discipline
• IT literate, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

Desirable Skills

• HNC qualification in a relevant engineering field
• Advanced hydraulic fault diagnosis at component level
• Experience operating basic machine shop equipment (lathe, milling machine, etc.)
• Working knowledge of 3-phase electrics
• Experience working within a clean room environment
• Background in metal recycling or similar heavy industrial sectors

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
• On-site parking
• Pension – auto enrolled in month 3
• Medicash – fully funded after successful completion of 6-month probation

If you have the relevant skillset for this fantastic opportunity, apply today! Alternatively, give David at Holt recruitment a call on (phone number removed) to discuss further.

DH