Mechanical Fitter Immingham £28.66 per hour umbrella – 40 hours a week Working 4 days a week Initial 6-month contract We are seeking Mechanical Fitters or Mechanical Technicians who are looking to advance their careers to become Locomotive Technicians for a rail freight company, based at their site in Immingham – helping to keep the rail network moving as well as being a key player in the UK and European supply chain. To succeed in this role, you will ideally have experience in a heavy engineering environment carrying out mechanical fitting and maintenance and repairs on large vehicles, heavy plant, diesel motors or machinery! Do you have experience or working with hydraulics and pneumatics in a heavy plant environment! Perhaps you are ex-forces or in the forces looking to join civilian life, then this could be the opportunity you have been looking for! Your New Opportunity You will have a great opportunity of building your skills on safety critical rail vehicles, carrying out maintenance and repairs to a large fleet of vehicles such as locomotive and wagons. Your New Organisation You will have a fantastic opportunity to work for the UK’s largest rail freight company who are responsible for transporting everything from Cereals to Petroleum and steel. You will work out of the site in Immingham where hundreds of trains are maintained yearly. The Candidate You will be comfortable with maintenance procedures, and have previous experience of servicing vehicles, carrying out repairs and fault finding You will have a mechanical background but understand electricals, hydraulic, and pneumatic principles. You will be able to complete engineering instructions, follow strict guidelines and work to written specifications set by our client on how they wish for their rail vehicles to be maintained. As part of the above there will be full training on the systems and procedures that you will be required to carry out. Essential You will need to have an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent to qualify for this role, this doesn't have to be a rail specific NVQ but will need to be one of a mechanical engineering-based nature. This vacancy is an immediate requirement, and immediate start is available for the right candidate. Desirable Previous experience in a similar role, so if you have worked on heavy plant machinery, HGV’s, buses, PSV, large vans, cars, or you come from a military background then this could be the role for you About Ford & Stanley Group Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom. 1. Ford & Stanley TalentWise - Business specialising in blue collar trade & technical services – permanent and temporary. 2. Ford & Stanley Recruitment - Business specialising in white collar spanning all company functions with specialist verticals within Digital, Rail Engineering, Civils & Infrastructure, General Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Logistics both permanent and contract. 3. Ford & Stanley Executive Search – Business specialising in Executive Search & Executive Interim Solutions in the UK, North America, Middle East and Europe. 4. Ford & Stanley Genius Performance - Performance is always accelerated when good people are coached, inspired, trained and focused in the right way. Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy. Services advertised by Ford & Stanley are that of an employment consultancy business