Maintenance Fitter – £33,000 – £42,000 A Year

Company: Essential Recruitment
Apply for the Maintenance Fitter – £33,000 – £42,000 A Year
Location: Lockerbie
Job Description:

3 Week Rotating Shift Pattern

Up to £42,000 per annum

Lockerbie

Above National Minimum Wage, Full Time, Monday to Friday, Permanent

Industrial, Manufacturing

Search Area: Scotland

Maintenance Fitter – Mechanically Biased

Hours: 3 Week Rotating Shift Pattern

Salary: Up to £42,000 per annum

Location: Lockerbie

Contract Type: Permanent

Due to continued growth and expansion we are currently looking to recruit a Maintenance Fitter- Mechanically Biased to join our business in Lockerbie on a permanent basis.

Benefits:

  • Generous Pension Scheme
  • Competitive Salary
  • Non-contributory Life Assurance
  • Training & Development Opportunities
  • Health Surveillance Assessments
  • Refer a friend scheme

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Carrying out maintenance, troubleshooting and repair duties across the site in a timely manner
  • Providing leadership in maintaining plant production capacity
  • Continuous improvement activities increasing plant reliability
  • Assisting in the continuous improvement of equipment, maximisation of production, efficiency, improving safety and minimising downtime
  • Maintenance repair on pneumatic and hydralic parts of production line
  • Some more limited electrical tasks will needed to be carried out in support of the electrical maintenance team and electrical fitters
  • Contribution to the delivery of production targets and HSE KPIs
  • Providing operator and maintenance training to maximise multi-skilling

Experience and Skills:

  • Apprentice-trained or experience through time-served
  • Ideally level 3 qualified
  • Are a positive, personable and an effective team player
  • Are driven and committed
  • Have acute attention to detail
  • Have top-notch troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Are self-motivated and organised
  • Candidates will ideally have their own transport due to relatively remote location
  • Candidates will ideally live no more than 40 mins from listed location
  • Candidates will have expereince working on heavy plant machinery or similar
  • Are enthusiastic, flexible and adaptable

To apply please either:

  • Call Charlie on 0333 99 66 988 between the hours of 8am – 5pm Mon-Fri
  • Email your CV to apply@essentialrecruitment.co.uk

This role is being advertised by Essential Recruitment and Professional, a recruitment agency.

Posted: July 8th, 2026