Mechanical Fitter ​/ Service Technician

Based in Castleford, this full-time Mechanical Fitter / Service Technician role offers a salary of £35,000 per annum plus overtime. Working 37.5 hours weekly, you will primarily operate within a workshop, dismantling, inspecting, and rebuilding industrial pumps to ensure they meet specifications. Your duties will involve reading engineering drawings, measuring components, and performing basic electrical checks. You will also test pumps thoroughly before return to clients.

Occasional travel to customer sites is required for servicing and planned maintenance. This position suits a hands-on individual with strong mechanical skills who takes pride in precise, quality workmanship.

Fitter Service Support Salary: £35,000 + Overtime

Location:

Castleford

Hours:

37.5 hours per week

• Taking pumps apart to inspect them for damage or wear.
• Cleaning and refurbishing pumps.
• Rebuilding pumps using new or repaired parts.
• Reading engineering drawings to identify the correct components.
• Measuring parts to make sure they meet the correct specifications.
• Carrying out basic electrical checks on pumps.
• Testing pumps to make sure they work properly.
• Repairing and maintaining diesel-powered pump units.
• Helping with deliveries and collections when needed.
• Travelling to customer sites with the service team to carry out maintenance.
• Completing inspection reports and paperwork accurately.
• Following health and safety procedures at all times.

• Mechanical fitting or engineering experience (apprenticeship or time served preferred).
• Experience working on pumps, motors or other rotating machinery is ideal.
• Ability to read engineering drawings.
• Good fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Someone who enjoys practical, hands-on work and works well as part of a team.

• Confined Space certificate.
• Overhead Crane/Slinging licence.
• Water Hygiene qualification.
• Forklift licence.
• ATEX (hazardous area) experience.

• £35,000 salary.
• Overtime available to increase earnings.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Buy up to 5 extra days  holiday.
• 4% employer pension contribution.
• Life assurance.
• Enhanced maternity and sick pay.
• Ongoing training and career development.
• Early finish on Fridays.
• Free on-site parking.