Plant Fitter (Crane Experience)
Westray Recruitment Consultants Ltd
- Permanent role
- Tyne & Wear location
- Day Shift Only (37-hour week)
- £20 per hour or Salary £38,480 per annum depending on experience
- Monday to Thursday 8am – 4:30pm & Friday 8am – 11am (30 mins lunch plus 2 x 15 min breaks)
- 26 days leaves increasing to 31 with 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
- Sick pay available increasing with length of service
- Access to training and development opportunities
- Opportunity to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave per year
- Three days paid leave per year to do voluntary work
- Employee wellbeing support for mental and physical health
- Car lease scheme
- Corporate gym membership and access to Civil Service Sports Council offers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted public travel pass
- Discounts on local threate and sports events
- Stand-by allowance if decide to form part of the call out rota – rarely called out but minimum of 4 hours pay if so
THE BUSINESS
Westray Recruitment Group is seeking to recruit a Plant Fitter who has experience maintaining and servicing cranes to work within a busy port-based setting in Tyne & Wear.
You will work to repair various types of cranes such as hydraulic, mobile, dockside, gantry and rope crane, etc.
THE ROLE
- Working to maintain and repair various cranes found within the port setting such as hydraulic, rope and mobile, gantry and dockside cranes
- Installing, repairing and replacing damaged or defective parts
- Assisting with basic facilities upkeep of the site
- Dealing with deadlines, interruptions, and conflicting demands, ensuring that all work and documentation are completed within appropriate timeframes.
- Taking corrective action to resolve any identified faults / issues. Appropriately escalating matters to management when required.
- Assisting colleagues to carry out scheduled services and repairs to plant equipment and infrastructure.
- Reading and interpreting technical drawings
- Adhering to port safety protocols, including confined space entry, working at heights, and hot work procedures.
- Undertaking work independently. Willing to work with minimal supervision following set procedures.
- Ensuring work is carried out accurately and in an organised and effective way.
THE PERSON
- NVQ Level 3 in a suitable engineering related discipline
- Experienced working with cranes for example, hydraulic, mobile, dockside, gantry and rope crane, etc.
- Able to work outdoors in all the elements
- Experienced delivering Plant Fitting duties
- Experienced working with hydraulic systems and able to work with AC/DC motors
- Ability to undertake mechanical fitting and repairs of port infrastructure, machinery and equipment.
- Ideally experience working within industrial, maritime, and/or port environments.
- Driving license
TO APPLY
Please send your updated CV to Tony Hutchinson or apply direct by calling Westray Recruitment Group
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