Mechanical Maintenance Fitter - Ilkeston, United Kingdom - REED Engineering

REED Engineering

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Ilkeston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Mechanical Maintenance Fitter

£36,500 basic + overtime at enhanced rates & other benefits

£18.00 earlies and lates and £23.94 per hour nights

Ilkeston

The Company

With a fantastic heritage in Derbyshire, and positive development over the years, you'll be working for a well-respected employer with an impressive order book and a great name in the industry.

Due to continued expansion they are now looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Mechanical Fitter to join an established maintenance team, and to keep the wheels turning via planned and preventative maintenance across heavy machinery and site equipment.

The Role

Working over a 3 shift rotating system (Monday to Friday, with weekends being at enhanced rates if you work), which includes earlies, lates and a 'night shift that runs from 8pm to 5am, you'll be responsible for maintaining equipment and machinery at the heavierend of the scale.

Other things you'll be involved with include:

Putting together assemblies prior to fitting them to the machine
Reading engineering and technical drawings to aid with your work
Removing, repairing and replacing machine parts, such as pumps, pipework, hydraulics and pneumatics
Utilising traditional hand tools and workshop machinery (drills, lathes etc.) to repair or fabricate items that can be made
Assisting others in the maintenance team with activities such as machine installations

The Person

You can tell that this role requires experience and solid mechanical knowledge, so you'll need a few things in your locker to be considered.

Suitably qualified and experienced within mechanical maintenance
Exposure to heavier machinery, such as those used in aggregates, waste management, concrete, bricks, materials handling etc, industries
Mechanical workshop and welding skills, as well as safe hand tool use
An ability to work to maintenance schedules and timeframes
Planned and preventive maintenance experience, as well as responding to breakdowns
An ability to communicate with others in the business, both spoken and via the written word, in clear conversational and technical terms
Experience of hydraulic and pneumatic systems
Be happy with working the 3shift pattern, Monday to Friday
Solid H&S mindset

As this is a permanent role, we require you to ALREADY be within a reasonable commute of Ilkeston and not need to relocate.
The rewards

An hourly rate of £18 per hour for earlies and lates, and £23.94 for the 'night shift' this equates to a basics of circa £36,500
Overtime paid at enhanced rates
Good allocation of holidays
Workplace Pension
Skills development