Heavy Plant Engineer
Holt Recruitment Ltd
This is a hands-on role working on a wide range of heavy plant and processing equipment, ensuring machinery remains safe, reliable, and operational across multiple sites. You'll be joining a professional team where your skills and experience will play a vital role in keeping operations running efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Service, maintain, and repair a variety of heavy plant machinery including excavators, loading shovels, crushers, screeners, dumpers, and material handling equipment
- Diagnose and rectify mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and pneumatic faults
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance and routine inspections
- Attend breakdowns and minimise equipment downtime through effective fault finding
- Complete maintenance records and job documentation accurately
- Ensure all work is carried out in accordance with health and safety procedures
- Work closely with site management and operational teams to maintain fleet reliability
- Proven experience working as a Heavy Plant Fitter, Plant Engineer, Plant Mechanic, or similar role
- Strong knowledge of hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical systems
- Experience working on quarrying, recycling, aggregates, construction, or material handling equipment would be advantageous
- Excellent fault-finding and diagnostic abilities
- Able to work independently and manage workload effectively
- Full UK Driving Licence (essential)
- A proactive and safety-conscious approach to work
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Overtime opportunities available
- Company pension scheme
- Long-term career prospects within a growing organisation
- Varied and interesting workload across a diverse fleet of machinery
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Supportive and professional working environment
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