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.