Mechanical Fitter
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £50,000 to £55,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 January 2026 |
| Location: | Crawley, West Sussex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | LIFE AFTER SPORT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | RECMF11/12 |
Summary
Are you a skilled Mechanical Fitter looking for an opportunity to be a key player in maintaining and optimising a dynamic site and equipment? We are seeking a dedicated professional to join our maintenance team, ensuring our assets operate efficiently and effectively.
Job Overview
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager/Supervisor, you will be responsible for reactive, corrective, and proactive maintenance to keep our plant running smoothly. If you have a passion for safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
• Promote health and safety standards across all depot operations, ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Perform reactive and planned maintenance to maintain equipment capacity and value, contributing to the development of safe working methods.
• Address plant breakdowns promptly, ensuring temporary fixes are followed up with permanent solutions.
• Maintain a clean and hazard-free work environment, keeping accurate records of all maintenance activities.
• Support and train operatives in inspection and maintenance tasks, ensuring plant availability through a structured PPM/PMR scheme.
• Ensure all plant and other defects are reported correctly and timely.
• Confirm the plant is complying with ISO 19001 quality standards.
• Comply with company health, safety, and environmental policies, highlighting any issues appropriately.
• Undertake additional duties and ad hoc projects as required by the business.
Person Specification
• Proven experience in reactive and planned maintenance within a production or industrial environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct risk assessments and develop safe working methods.
• Reliable, flexible, and responsive to the demands of a dynamic work environment.
• Excellent communication skills to liaise effectively with site management and operatives.
• Familiarity with maintaining up-to-date stores and identifying strategic spare parts to ensure continuous operations.
Benefits
• 25 Days Holiday + Local Bank Holidays (with options to increase)
• Company Van & Phone Provided
• A supportive and highly respected team with a strong focus on health and safety
• Enhanced Family Benefits – maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Career progression opportunities
• Access to affinity groups, allowing employees to shape workplace culture
• Staff discounts, including special rates for garden landscaping products
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Mechanical Fitter to be part of a well-established company with a strong focus on career progression and employee well-being. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, apply today
Job Overview
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager/Supervisor, you will be responsible for reactive, corrective, and proactive maintenance to keep our plant running smoothly. If you have a passion for safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
• Promote health and safety standards across all depot operations, ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Perform reactive and planned maintenance to maintain equipment capacity and value, contributing to the development of safe working methods.
• Address plant breakdowns promptly, ensuring temporary fixes are followed up with permanent solutions.
• Maintain a clean and hazard-free work environment, keeping accurate records of all maintenance activities.
• Support and train operatives in inspection and maintenance tasks, ensuring plant availability through a structured PPM/PMR scheme.
• Ensure all plant and other defects are reported correctly and timely.
• Confirm the plant is complying with ISO 19001 quality standards.
• Comply with company health, safety, and environmental policies, highlighting any issues appropriately.
• Undertake additional duties and ad hoc projects as required by the business.
Person Specification
• Proven experience in reactive and planned maintenance within a production or industrial environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct risk assessments and develop safe working methods.
• Reliable, flexible, and responsive to the demands of a dynamic work environment.
• Excellent communication skills to liaise effectively with site management and operatives.
• Familiarity with maintaining up-to-date stores and identifying strategic spare parts to ensure continuous operations.
Benefits
• 25 Days Holiday + Local Bank Holidays (with options to increase)
• Company Van & Phone Provided
• A supportive and highly respected team with a strong focus on health and safety
• Enhanced Family Benefits – maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Career progression opportunities
• Access to affinity groups, allowing employees to shape workplace culture
• Staff discounts, including special rates for garden landscaping products
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Mechanical Fitter to be part of a well-established company with a strong focus on career progression and employee well-being. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, apply today