Mobile Fitter

**About the role**
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a **MOBILE FITTER **to join our Plant & Fleet business unit to work across the UK**.**

**Role Purpose**:

- To provide Depot & Mobile support to our busy Plant Operations here at Bottesford and various sites around the UK.
- You will be able to look at a machine and identify any fault or assess any necessary repairs, arrange spare parts and co-ordinate the manpower resources required to complete and carry out the repairs in all aspects of the Plant with supervision.

**What you'll be doing**

As a Mobile Fitter, you will have the following accountabilities:
Diagnose faults, service, strip repair and test engines, transmissions and fuel injection systems under supervision:

- Electrics
- To be able to read and work from electrical drawings for 12v and 24v systems
- Fault finding
- Charging systems and batteries
- To install an accessory using the correct procedures and equipment
- Hydraulics
- To read and work from hydraulic drawings to diagnose faults correctly
- Test hydraulic systems using flow meters and pressure gauges
- Fit hydraulic components and set up and test
- Use hydraulic test rig to determine efficiency of a rotary table
- Make up a hydraulic hose assembly
- Welding use stick or mig welder to carry out minor repairs or to attach a non structural component
- To include basic bench fitting
- Marking out, drilling and tapping holes
- Use of lathe or milling machine to manufacture a component part

**Who we're looking for**
You will have the following qualities and experience:

- Self motivated and focused
- Excellent communication skills
- Understands the importance of the role and its requirements
- Can achieve desired results while working to strict deadlines
- Works well alone or within a team environment
- Has the ability when required to go the extra mile to deliver results
- Good business knowledge and a clear understanding of system requirements.

Experience and qualifications:

- Construction Engineering, Plant Maintenance, Piling Rigs
- CSCS NVQ Level Three Plant Maintenance
- IPAF / Harness
- CSC Card

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

**About us**
Balfour Beatty Plant & Fleet Services provides whole life fleet management and plant & equipment hire solutions to the Balfour Beatty Group.

Supplying over 8,000 cars, LCVs, and HGVs, as well as specialist plant and equipment, our teams have an intimate and up-to-date knowledge of the plant and fleet industry.

From specifying bespoke vehicles and equipment, to organising lease agreements, mobilising new contracts and delivering driver risk training, Plant & Fleet supports Balfour Beatty’s projects across the UK with an industry leading fleet of Zero Harm and sustainably specified equipment. This allows Balfour Beatty’s contract teams to focus on what they do best - successfully delivering essential infrastructure projects.

We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering). Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. We are a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers' Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life.

Job Reference: BBUK04130