Heavy Plant Fitter
Are you an experienced Heavy Plant Fitter with a background in the quarrying or mining industry? This is an opportunity to join a stable, family-run business offering an above-market package and designed to provide long-term security and excellent earning potential.
This role is predominantly based in North West, with occasional travel to other nearby sites as required.
The Role As a Heavy Plant Fitter, you will be responsible for diagnosing, maintaining, and repairing a wide range of quarrying and heavy plant equipment. You will play a key role in ensuring machinery uptime and supporting operational efficiency across multiple sites.
Equipment You’ll Work On
This role is predominantly based in North West, with occasional travel to other nearby sites as required.
The Role As a Heavy Plant Fitter, you will be responsible for diagnosing, maintaining, and repairing a wide range of quarrying and heavy plant equipment. You will play a key role in ensuring machinery uptime and supporting operational efficiency across multiple sites.
Equipment You’ll Work On
- Crushers
- Screeners
- Static plants (including wash plants and ready-mix concrete plants)
- Excavators
- Loading shovels
- Dozers
- Articulated dump trucks
- Carry out diagnostics and troubleshoot faults effectively
- Respond to breakdowns and complete repairs in a timely manner
- Strip, inspect, and rebuild machinery components (engines, drivetrains, etc.)
- Use diagnostic equipment alongside hands-on fault finding
- Conduct routine servicing and preventative maintenance
- Travel to additional company sites when required
- Proven experience as a Heavy Plant Fitter, ideally within quarrying
- Strong diagnostic and fault-finding skills
- Ability to strip and rebuild major components
- Experience working on heavy plant machinery listed above
- Full UK Driving Licence (Category B required; HGV advantageous but not essential)
- Recent hands-on heavy plant experience is essential
- Minimum 5 years’ plant fitting experience preferred
- Ability to commute to or relocate near Horwich
- Excellent salary (tailored to experience and skillset)
- Overtime available
- Company van provided
- Permanent, long-term position
- Company pension scheme
- 20 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
- Job security within a stable, family-run business
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