Mechanical Fitter

Mechanical Fitter

Location:

Grangemouth

Salary:
Starting at £27,000 per annum

Shift Pattern:
Monday to Friday

Are you hands on, mechanically minded, and looking for a career rather than just a job?

We're recruiting for a Mechanical Fitter to join a growing rail freight maintenance team in Rochester. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys practical work and wants to develop specialist engineering skills within the rail industry.

• Starting salary of £27,000
• Structured 12 month training programme
• Salary increases at 6 months and 12 months
• Significant overtime opportunities available
• Overtime paid at time and a half (1.5x) and double time (2x)
• Monday to Friday working pattern
• Opportunity to build a long term career within the rail sector
• Learn valuable mechanical, fabrication and fault finding skills from experienced engineers
• Clear progression pathway within a specialist engineering environment

As a Mechanical Fitter, you'll be responsible for repairing, maintaining, and refurbishing rail freight vehicles to the highest safety and quality standards.

• Repair, maintain, and refurbish railway freight vehicles and company assets
• Carry out rail vehicle inspections, fault finding, and modifications
• Complete damage repairs across a variety of freight wagons
• Support planned maintenance activities to ensure fleet availability
• Follow strict health and safety procedures at all times
• Work effectively as part of a skilled engineering team

• Have a genuine interest in mechanics, engineering, or hands on work
• Are eager to learn and develop through a structured training programme
• Have a positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Can follow instructions and work safely in a busy workshop environment
• Want to build a long term career within engineering and rail

• Full UK Driving Licence
• Ability to pass a pre employment medical
• Ability to pass Drugs & Alcohol screening
• Ability to obtain a DBS check
• Comfortable working in a physically demanding environment

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy