Mechanical Fitter

Catfoss Recruitment Ltd are currently in partnership with a growing technology innovation company that predominately serve the food manufacturing industry and they are looking to recruit x2 Industrial Mechanical/Electrical Fitters on a permanent basis to their expanding team.

Job Description - Industrial Mechanical & Electrical Fitter

Role Profile

Reporting into the Head of Engineering, the role of Industrial Fitter is to both help build our new systems at our system development unit as part of a small engineering team and support the installation and commissioning at our customers sites.

You need to be ideally a time served pipe fitter or mechanical practical engineer with excellent practical skills involved in the building and installation industrial systems which involve mechanical content such as plastic tank installation, pump skid installation and PVCu pipe fitting /solvent welding along with electro fusion polyethene fittings experience, PE flexible pipe installations within a production environment.

You will be part of an engineering team experienced in building and installing our systems.

Mechanical Fitter - Key Requirements for the role include:
, Experience working at working on and installing industrial equipment, pipes, valves, tanks, mechanical structures, indoors and outside.
, Able to work unsupervised and interpret engineering drawings and engineering instruction for a physical build of a new system.
, Use of workshop equipment to build our systems
, Hold a mechanical or process engineering qualification.
, Experience of working on a customer's site, preparation of RAMS and other site-specific requirements.
, Hold a valid First Aid certificate would be advantageous
, Provide excellent customer interface as a company representative when at a customer's site working within the Engineering Team
, Apply an appropriate level of urgency to escalations and requests for information

Mechanical Fitter - Candidate profile
, Effective hands-on Skilled fitter with good practical skill levels with experience of pipe fitting in an industrial environment (Food industry would be ideal) along with mechanical and electrical build assembly experience.
, Positive mentality - demonstrating drive and endurance to achieve results.
, Proactive and innovative -The role can involve creative ways to overcome an engineering issue on site.
, Good communicator and relationship builder with colleagues and customers.
, Working at heights will be required at times (10-12 metres via scissor lift)

Mechanical Fitter - Personal attributes
, Technically trained, practical engineer able to read engineering drawings and follow engineering instruction
, Good team player, able to collaborate with colleagues, customers and sub-contractors
, Organised, able to manage time and prioritise tasks
, Enthusiastic and self-motivated
, Flexible about working hours, installations can be over weekends or in unsocial hours
, Valid UK Driving Licence
, Previous equipment installation and commissioning experience ideally in the food manufacturing industry would be advantageous but not critical

Mechanical Fitter - Desirable
, Apprentice /Indentured trained
, Skilled engineering knowledge
, Service Engineering experience
, Forklift certified
, Able to interpret CAD /read drawings
, Additional Electrical / Electronic Engineering qualifications or certifications
, Working at Height certification

Mechanical Fitter - What We Offer
, £40,000-£45,000 per annum
, Discretionary annual bonus of 5% of salary
, Contributory salary sacrifice pension scheme up to 5% of salary
, Death in service benefit of 4x base salary

Mechanical Fitter previous suitable job titles: Electro-Mechanical Fitter, Fitter, Installation Engineer, Installation Technician, Mechanical Engineer, Electro-Mechanical Engineer, Multiskilled Engineer, Mechanical Technician, Pipe Fitter, Mech/Elec Fitter

Please apply ASAP