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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