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    Mobile Plant Fitter

    Job Type:

    Full time

    Posted:

    Location(s):

    Essex

    Job Description:

    Ferns Group are a family run business with over 25 years’ experience as an established Utilities and Reinstatement company, specialising in Telecoms Civils, and tailored reinstatement services.

    Our Mission is “to be the preferred choice in our field by adding value to our business partners without compromise to quality, safety or the environment.”​

    Start Date: January 2027

    Job Summary

    Forefront Utilities are currently recruiting for a Mobile Plant Fitter to be based from our head office at Stapleford Abbotts and assist in covering our areas of work in Essex, Kent, East Sussex/Surrey, South and South East London.

    As a Mobile Plant Fitter, you will maintain, inspect and repair mobile plant and equipment, using practical mechanical and electrical skills to support safe, reliable operation.

    Candidates will have a positive attitude, be self-motivated, conscientious and able to demonstrate knowledge and experience within the following skill profile.

    Experience of servicing and repair of the following items are essential:

    • JCB Excavators up to 8T
    • JCB Dumpers up to 6T
    • Thwaites Dumpers up to 6T
    • Doosan towable Compressor/Generators
    • Petrol Generators, Floorsaws
    • Trailers (pipe and digger)

    General Duties

    • General hours of work will be Monday to Friday, 6am to 4pm, although at times you may be required to work outside of these hours to meet the requirements of the depot you are supporting.
    • Provide regular servicing and maintenance on all plant to prevent excessive downtime through unit failure.
    • Attend call outs to work sites when plant failure occurs or servicing is due.
    • Manage your own supply and stock holding of general consumable items and fast-moving parts.
    • In conjunction with Plant Manager order parts required for specific repairs and ensure any and all warranty items are identified. All purchases are to be raised with purchase orders and at the most commercially viable rate.
    • Maintain and clean own works vehicle as required, ensuring it is always presentable and in servicable condition.
    • Ensure all work is undertaken to a high standard and that plant is only released back to the teams once it is in a safe and servicable condition.

    Administrative Duties

    • Provide accurate and timely service reports to the Plant Manager detailing assets repaired and serviced.
    • Keep paper records of work undertaken on plant to ensure that any warranty item failures are identifiable and able to be claimed.
    • Provide detailed reports to the Plant Manager in the event of repairs required from abuse or misuse of plant

    Health & Safety

    • Ensure that all activities are undertaken with consideration of own and other colleagues Health and Safety.
    • Control appropriately any substances that fall under COSHH Regulations such as oils, lubricating agents and cleaning agents.
    • Manage own H&S items such as Risk Assessments, COSHH Assessments & Safety Data Sheets as well as First Aid items.

    Other Requirements

    • Maintain a valid Driving Licence
    • Maintain any required professional qualifications
    • Work in a ‘mobile environment’ providing assistance at work locations across the business
    • Provide assistance to the other mobile fitter as required, especially with regard to annual leave, sickness or sudden increases of workload.
    • Conduct yourself in a manner that protects the corporate image and integrity of Forefront Utilities.

    Pay: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum depending on experience

    Benefits:

    • Free parking
    • On-site parking
    • Referral programme

    Ferns Group are dedicated to diversity in the workplace and committed to treating all our employees and job applicants equally. We embrace equal opportunities, including working with the prison service, and are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.

    All applicants must have rights to work in the UK and be willing to undertake the relevant pre-employment screening checks should your application be successful.