Mobile Plant Fitter
CV-LibraryGloucester, GloucestershirepermanentPosted: 17 April 2026
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Birmingham, South Wales and London
£22ph, OTE rate £33ph. Up to £55,000 OTE
Monday to Friday, 07:00 – 15:30 (flexibility available)
Your Role
If you are looking to be part of an award-winning company, offering you a great career, then look no further! Our client is looking for an experienced Plant Technician.
As a Plant Technician, your role will be to keep our customers’ vehicles and machinery fully maintained and compliant to maximise uptime. The right candidate will be able to deliver an exceptional service and to the highest quality.
Being part of our team is about being experts in what we do. We are committed to investing in your career and skill set, so when you join our technical team, you will benefit from an annual appraisal and comprehensive, ongoing training
Day to day, you will be:
* Performing major and minor repairs to plant machinery.
* Carrying out PDI works and attachment set up on plant machinery.
* Mobile repair and maintenance of plant machinery.
* Performing regular inspection and general preventive maintenance services according to machine hrs and schedules.
* Maintaining inventory in the service vehicle and cleanliness from oil spills and dust.
* Working with other departments, including the sales team to ensure a quality and reliable service level is provided to customers.
* Working with repair teams to help diagnose and plan repairs for to machines/vehicles.
* Maintaining records of machines/vehicles that have been repaired or handled.
Skills & Behaviours Required for this Role:
You will need to be level 3 (NVQ or City and Guilds or IMI Qualification) in Plant Machinery Repair and maintenance. What’s more, you will need the ability to identify worn and faulty components in accordance with the DVSA Standards and have a current, full UK driving license for the relevant vehicle and machinery classes. Additionally, you will need to be flexible on location and working hours.
Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the criteria. As long as you are experienced for the role, and hold the relevant and required qualifications, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t feel like you meet all our requirements. We want to know about your passions, achievements, learning and growth. If this role excites you, start a conversation with us!
Benefits for you
* An extra day off for your Birthday
* Overtime opportunities paid at X 1.5 basic hourly rate
* Saturdays paid at overtime.
* 20 days of annual leave per year PLUS Bank Holidays
* Four times death in service benefit.
* Internal Mentorship programme
* Working for a workplace which champions women.
* Awarded Armed Forces Covenant Silver Award (RLS)
* Working with our award-winning team – several of our team were recognised at the MT WIMT awards and we won silver at the internal communication and engagement awards for our new starter onboarding process.
* Auto-enrolment pension.
* Self-development journal
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay policies and return to work post mat-leave policy.
* Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP and 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion).
* Mental Health First Aiders.
* Reward and recognition programmes
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* Manufacturer training and access to our in-house training.
* Long service recognition and annual leave increase after 5 years’ service.
* Branded uniform
* Charities of the Year programme, Army Sport sponsors and community engagement initiatives
Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds
Birmingham, South Wales and London
£22ph, OTE rate £33ph. Up to £55,000 OTE
Monday to Friday, 07:00 – 15:30 (flexibility available)
Your Role
If you are looking to be part of an award-winning company, offering you a great career, then look no further! Our client is looking for an experienced Plant Technician.
As a Plant Technician, your role will be to keep our customers’ vehicles and machinery fully maintained and compliant to maximise uptime. The right candidate will be able to deliver an exceptional service and to the highest quality.
Being part of our team is about being experts in what we do. We are committed to investing in your career and skill set, so when you join our technical team, you will benefit from an annual appraisal and comprehensive, ongoing training
Day to day, you will be:
* Performing major and minor repairs to plant machinery.
* Carrying out PDI works and attachment set up on plant machinery.
* Mobile repair and maintenance of plant machinery.
* Performing regular inspection and general preventive maintenance services according to machine hrs and schedules.
* Maintaining inventory in the service vehicle and cleanliness from oil spills and dust.
* Working with other departments, including the sales team to ensure a quality and reliable service level is provided to customers.
* Working with repair teams to help diagnose and plan repairs for to machines/vehicles.
* Maintaining records of machines/vehicles that have been repaired or handled.
Skills & Behaviours Required for this Role:
You will need to be level 3 (NVQ or City and Guilds or IMI Qualification) in Plant Machinery Repair and maintenance. What’s more, you will need the ability to identify worn and faulty components in accordance with the DVSA Standards and have a current, full UK driving license for the relevant vehicle and machinery classes. Additionally, you will need to be flexible on location and working hours.
Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the criteria. As long as you are experienced for the role, and hold the relevant and required qualifications, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t feel like you meet all our requirements. We want to know about your passions, achievements, learning and growth. If this role excites you, start a conversation with us!
Benefits for you
* An extra day off for your Birthday
* Overtime opportunities paid at X 1.5 basic hourly rate
* Saturdays paid at overtime.
* 20 days of annual leave per year PLUS Bank Holidays
* Four times death in service benefit.
* Internal Mentorship programme
* Working for a workplace which champions women.
* Awarded Armed Forces Covenant Silver Award (RLS)
* Working with our award-winning team – several of our team were recognised at the MT WIMT awards and we won silver at the internal communication and engagement awards for our new starter onboarding process.
* Auto-enrolment pension.
* Self-development journal
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay policies and return to work post mat-leave policy.
* Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP and 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion).
* Mental Health First Aiders.
* Reward and recognition programmes
*
* Manufacturer training and access to our in-house training.
* Long service recognition and annual leave increase after 5 years’ service.
* Branded uniform
* Charities of the Year programme, Army Sport sponsors and community engagement initiatives
Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds