Overview
FM Conway is currently seeking a skilled and dedicated Welfare Unit Fitter to join our Plant and Workshop Division. In this role, you will be responsible for repairing, servicing, and refurbishing portable welfare units. You’ll ensure all units are maintained to the highest mechanical and electrical standards, meet safety requirements, and are fully prepared for hire or deployment. This is a full‑time, permanent role based in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Duties
- Perform scheduled maintenance, servicing, and general repairs on welfare units, covering both interior and exterior components.
- Inspect, test, and repair electrical systems, including generators, lighting, and heating units, ensuring full functionality and compliance.
- Diagnose mechanical and electrical faults and carry out effective repairs to minimise downtime.
- Restore welfare units to the required standard through repair, replacement, and finishing work, ensuring safety and presentability.
- Clean, paint, and carry out quality control checks to ensure all units are fully operational and ready for immediate hire.
- Maintain clear and detailed documentation of all inspections, repairs, and maintenance activities.
- Work safely and responsibly at all times, following company policies and industry health and safety regulations.
Skills and Experience
The ideal Welfare Unit Fitter will have strong mechanical fitting and maintenance experience, with the ability to efficiently diagnose and resolve both mechanical and electrical faults. Competency in working with electrical systems, including testing and minor installations, is essential, while experience with welding and light fabrication is desirable. A solid understanding of portable welfare units, generators, and heating systems will be highly beneficial. A full UK driving licence is required for this role.
Benefits
As our Welfare Unit Fitter, you will receive a range of benefits including career and professional development, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, company pension, life assurance, opportunities for internal and external training, and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We also offer health and well‑being benefits such as 24‑hour advice lines and support from our in‑house mental health first aiders.
About FM Conway and the Plant & Workshop Division
FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on core values—Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence—creating a culture around great people. We manufacture a comprehensive range of high‑quality aggregates, asphalt and concrete products, and have a portfolio of specialised manufacturing plants and a large fleet of delivery HGV and LGV vehicles. Our Plant and Workshop division maintains a wide range of heavy plant and small tools, including excavators, dumpers, rollers, JCBs, bulkers, low loaders, grabs, tippers, bitumen tankers, relocator lorries, volumetric mixers, pavers and planers.
Closing Date
15/06/2026
Equal Opportunities
FM Conway is an award‑winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. We believe in people, not algorithms—every application is personally reviewed by a member of our Recruitment Team, never by AI. We look forward to receiving your application!
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