£35,000 – £40,000 | Monday to Friday 8am till 4:30pm | Overtime at 1.5X | Based in Rochester, Kent.
There’s a certain type of person who was always going to end up working with their hands.
Maybe it started as a kid, taking apart a bicycle to see how it worked. Perhaps it was helping your dad fix the family car, or spending your weekends in the garage pulling an engine apart, with nuts, bolts and tools scattered everywhere.
Whatever it was, somewhere along the way you discovered that there was something incredibly satisfying about understanding how things worked. And even more satisfying about fixing them when they didn’t.
Years later, not much has changed.
You still enjoy the challenge of a mechanical problem. You still get that sense of satisfaction when something that’s arrived in pieces leaves working like it should. And you probably still finish most days with grease under your fingernails and a generous helping of Swarfega to get your hands clean.
Sound familiar? Then you might just be the person we’re looking for.
Tucked away in a busy engineering workshop is a business that’s been quietly doing its thing for the past 35 years.
No flashy corporate image. No enormous workforce. Just a privately owned engineering company built on good people, practical knowledge and a reputation for knowing how to fix things.
There are 28 people in the business, and many have been there for years. That probably tells you something about the place.
Over those 35 years, they’ve become specialists in repairing, rebuilding and manufacturing hydraulic cylinders and mechanical equipment. The sort of equipment that keeps cranes lifting, recycling plants moving, heavy machinery operating and industrial businesses running.
And when something breaks, it’s their job to work out why and put it right.
That’s where you come in.
Imagine a hydraulic cylinder arriving at the workshop. It’s failed, the customer’s machine is out of action, and nobody’s entirely sure what’s happened inside.
For some people, that’s a headache.
For you, it’s the interesting bit.
You get it onto the bench, start stripping it down, inspect the components and begin piecing together what’s gone wrong. Maybe it’s a worn seal, a damaged rod or something a little more complicated.
You work through the problem, decide what needs repairing or replacing, and gradually bring it all back together.
Then comes the best bit. Seeing it working again, knowing you’ve taken something broken and made it useful.
Of course, not every job will be a hydraulic cylinder. There’s all sorts of mechanical equipment coming through the workshop, and occasionally you’ll head out with the service engineers to work on machinery at customer sites across the South East.
It’s proper, hands-on engineering. The sort of work where experience, patience, curiosity and a good set of tools are worth their weight in gold.
We’re hoping to find someone who’s already spent time as a Mechanical Fitter, Hydraulic Fitter, Plant Fitter or working in a similar mechanical environment.
You don’t need to know everything about hydraulics. The team can teach you that. What matters is that you understand mechanical equipment, enjoy dismantling and rebuilding things, and have that natural instinct to investigate a problem rather than walk away from it.
And if you’re someone who takes pride in your work, enjoys a bit of workshop banter and appreciates being surrounded by people who know their trade, there’s a good chance you’ll feel right at home.
The salary is between £35,000 and £40,000, depending on experience, and you’ll work Monday to Friday, 8am until 4:30pm.
- There’s overtime available at time and a half
- 28 days’ holiday including bank holidays
- a company pension
You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your hydraulic knowledge, learning from engineers who’ve spent years mastering their craft.
But perhaps what makes this opportunity different is the chance to become part of a business where people seem to stick around.
After 35 years, they’ve clearly been doing something right.
And now they’re looking for another good pair of hands to join them.
So, if you’ve always been the person who wants to know what’s going on inside a machine, who’d rather repair something than throw it away, and who still enjoys getting their hands dirty for a living, we’d love to hear from you.
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