Job Description
Job Title: Mechanical Maintenance Fitter
Location: Shrewsbury (SY3)
Job Type: Contract Role (Day Shifts & Evening Shifts)
Job Length: 3+ month contract
Start Date: February/March 2026
Industry: Maintenance, Aggregates, Building Materials, Manufacturing, Production
Pay Rate: £18.00 - £24.00 Per Hour (Rate Negotiable based on Experience & DIRECT PAYE or UMBRELLA PAYE Preference)
Our client, a materials and aggregates provider is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Fitter to work on their Quarry in Shrewsbury, able to offer circa 3-months work for the right candidate.
This role includes working with Technicians on site, supporting them with planned and unplanned maintenance activities in a quarry environment, working between a fabrication workshop environment, through to installation activities on plant and machinery across the production facility.
The ideal candidate will be time served, or have an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering / maintenance, ideally coming with an ONC/HNC, NVQ or similar. Applicable candidate will have worked in similar environments, completing maintenance to production equipment and machinery.
Daily duties will include but are not limited to:
* Mechanical fitting within a heavy industrial setting, for planned and reactive maintenance of plant + workshop equipment, including but not limited to:
* Conveyors, Drive systems, Motors, Belts, Pumps, Gearboxes, Crushers, Vibratory Screens
* Pulleys, Bearings, Shafts, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Rollers, Side Skirts
* Removal and fitting of bearings
* Responding to plant breakdowns – ensuring assets are returned to production in a timely manner
* Completing temporary fixes, followed up with more permanent solutions
* Undertaking emergency breakdown repairs in a timely and efficient way on all production equipment
* Managing small projects and delivering them in a pragmatic and proactive manner
* Participating in root cause analysis, so repeat failures can be eliminated
* Contributing to the continuous improvement of the engineering function
* Welding and Fabricating to a good standard (Stick, MIG, Propane, Oxy etc)
* Contributing to the preparation and development of safe working methods for repair procedures
* Fault-finding to identify defects and recommending appropriate action
* Working within a fabrication workshop with lifting and lowering equipment + techniques
* Suggesting and implementing continuous improvements
* Updating computerised maintenance management system and recording all work including fault descriptions, spares used and repairs carried out
Candidates will ideally:
* Be time served / Have an apprenticeship in a mechanical engineering / maintenance
* Hold a relevant qualification such as an ONC/HNC or NVQ (desirable but not essential)
* Proven mechanical fitter and maintenance experience in a continuous heavy process industry
* Experience working within a quarry setting (desirable but not essential) – MP Connect Card Preferred
* Experience of Welding, Experience of Workshop Fabrication, General fitting and installation on site
* Experience of Working at Height
* Good knowledge of heavy manufacturing process or other related heavy industrial machinery
* Strong Health, Safety and Environmental awareness
For more information or to apply for the role, please contact Tim Smyth on 0121 200 5520.
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