Shift Maintenance Fitter

Shift Maintenance Fitter

Location: Thurrock, Essex
Salary: Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Hours: 42 hours per week
Shift Pattern: Days and Nights
Contract: Permanent

Are you an experienced Shift Maintenance Fitter with a strong mechanical maintenance background within manufacturing, aggregates, concrete, quarrying, recycling, heavy industry or a similar production environment?

We are recruiting for a Shift Maintenance Fitter to join a busy heavy manufacturing site in Essex, supporting the safe and reliable operation of production machinery through planned, preventative and reactive maintenance.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically skilled engineer or fitter who is confident working independently, diagnosing mechanical faults and completing repairs across a range of industrial plant and production equipment.

The Role

As a Shift Maintenance Fitter, you will be responsible for:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery
• Responding to mechanical breakdowns and reactive maintenance requirements
• Maintaining and replacing bearings, shafts, rollers and other mechanical components
• Diagnosing faults and completing effective mechanical repairs
• Working with hand tools, bearing presses and specialist fitting equipment
• Supporting plant reliability and reducing production downtime
• Carrying out general mechanical maintenance across the manufacturing facility
• Supporting welding, fabrication and pipefitting activities where required

What We’re Looking For

The successful Shift Maintenance Fitter will ideally have:

• Previous mechanical maintenance experience within manufacturing or heavy industry
• Experience working with bearings, shafts, rollers, conveyors or similar machinery
• Experience completing both planned and reactive maintenance
• Good mechanical fault-finding ability
• Confidence working independently in a production environment
• Experience using maintenance management or CMMS systems
• A strong approach to health, safety and housekeeping
• Welding and/or pipefitting experience would be advantageous
• IOSH training would also be beneficial

Candidates from backgrounds including concrete, aggregates, quarrying, cement, brick, block manufacturing, asphalt, recycling, waste, steel, heavy manufacturing and industrial production would be particularly relevant.

Why Apply?

This Shift Maintenance Fitter position offers the opportunity to join an established industrial manufacturing operation where mechanical maintenance plays a critical role in plant performance and production reliability.

You will work across a varied range of mechanical equipment, with responsibility for both preventative maintenance and breakdown response, making this an excellent role for someone who enjoys practical engineering and fault finding.

If you are an experienced Shift Maintenance Fitter looking for your next permanent opportunity in Essex, apply today for further information.