Plant Fitter

**About Forth**

Forth Engineering has been finding solutions to customer’s problems in West Cumbria for 22 years. With a head office in Maryport, we work in nuclear decommissioning, agriculture, fishing, research and development, and the utilities sector, providing innovative solutions to our customer’s needs. Following the opening of our Barrow-in-Furness branch in 2018, we expanded our services for the oil and gas, and defence sectors.
- Our Trade Counter and call out service supplies, installs and maintains hydraulic and pneumatic equipment. We stock products ranging from valves to high pressure connectors and provide 24/7 technical support.
- Mechanical designing and prototyping are our speciality with our flexible and pragmatic approach.
- We pride ourselves on our responsiveness to our customer’s problem statements with a ‘can do’ attitude and our willingness to go the extra mile.
- With design, manufacturing, and machining under one roof, we can control our ‘cradle to grave’ engineering solutions to complex problems in any environment. We deliver HD Visual Inspection, HP Water Jet Cleaning, Ultra Sonic Inspection, Debris Recovery, Bespoke Project Solutions and Caisson Inspection.
- Our multi-million Deep Recovery Facility provides a test facility unrivalled in the UK and our warehousing facility caters for all our customer’s storage needs.

This role will join our established teams at an exciting time as our operations expand and we seek to grow our own talent.

You will embody our values which are:

- Tenacity - We have a ‘can do’ mentality
- Curiosity - We find a way to get things done through investigating and being pro-active
- Responsiveness - We manage teams and priorities to meet our customer’s needs night and day
- Family - As a family business, we nurture talent with a view to progressing everyone.

**The Role**:
The post of Plant Fitter has responsibility for performing repairs, installation, and service duties as required, on or off-site (security clearance is required).

The post is primarily technical; including mechanical and welding work associated with the company’s activities. Health and safety responsibilities also form part of the role.

**General Duties**
- The central role will be to provide a professional on-site hose replacement service to Forth customers. This role will include being part of a 24hr “on call” rota with other Forth technicians.
- To carry out all work to client specification.
- To be fully aware of component compatibility and competent in the use and knowledge of our products.
- To be able to identify and use appropriate fittings for fitting to specified hoses, as per customer specification.
- To carry out assemblies using a variety of hoses for industrial and hydraulic purposes.
- To be able to perform low and high-pressure testing procedures.
- To understand the procedures involved when testing to higher pressures and its associated safety critical aspects.
- To be able to identify and use all types of hoses for the purpose specified by the customer order.
- To carry out all assembly techniques as per supplier or in-house procedures.
- To be familiar with all our supplied fittings and their use.
- To have the ability to operate all hose assembly machinery and equipment.
- To work overtime if requested to ensure our organisation or client deadlines are met.
- To actively promote Forth products and services to existing and prospective customers.
- To maintain the highest level of health and safety practice including the mandatory use of PPE equipment where applicable.
- Maintain accurate records relevant to call outs and any other operational activity.
- Day to day management of a mobile sales and service unit (MSSU) will include:

- Perform routine maintenance checks in accordance with the defect checklist
- Ensure the MSSU is kept clean and tidy inside and outside
- Maintain tools and equipment to ensure safe and efficient operations.
- Carry out scheduled planned maintenance work on company vehicles in compliance with company procedures.
- The Company may, at its discretion require you to take any duties it considers appropriate to the role, this may include relocation to another site or division of the Company.

**Person Specification**

**CRITERIA SKILLS**

(Competence and Aptitudes)
- Excellent practical skills and demonstrable experience of safe ways of working.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals and groups.
- Ability to manage systems that would underpin safe and efficient trade counter operations.
- An ability to undertake complex work in a planned and systematic manner.

**PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE**
- Experience working as a Plant Fitter is essential

**KNOWLEDGE**
- Knowledge of High-Pressure pumps and diesel systems
- Knowledge of using Hydraulics

**QUALIFICATIONS**

(Educational and Vocational)
- A recognised Apprenticeship in Engineering (essential)
- IOSH Working Safely or equivalent (des