Make a difference every day.
At FM Conway, our Plant Fitters play a key role in keeping our business moving. From maintaining essential plant machinery to ensuring equipment is safe, reliable and ready for use, you'll help support the projects that keep communities connected across the UK.
We're looking for a skilled and proactive Plant Fitter to join our Plant and Workshop team based in Dartford, Kent. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity where you'll work on a diverse fleet of heavy plant machinery, using your technical expertise to diagnose faults, carry out repairs and keep our equipment performing at its best.
No two days are the same. Whether you're carrying out preventative maintenance, diagnosing complex faults or repairing specialist equipment, you'll finish each day knowing your skills have made a real difference to keeping our operations running safely and efficiently.
Whether you're an experienced Plant Fitter or looking to take the next step in your engineering career, you'll be joining a supportive team that invests in your development and provides opportunities to broaden your skills.
As one of our Plant Fitters, you will:
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs across our fleet of heavy plant machinery.
- Diagnose and repair mechanical, hydraulic and electrical faults to minimise downtime.
- Identify replacement parts and ensure repairs are completed efficiently and to a high standard.
- Accurately complete maintenance records and associated documentation.
- Work safely in line with company procedures, risk assessments and health and safety legislation.
- Help maintain a safe working environment by identifying and challenging unsafe practices.
- Ensure our fleet remains compliant, reliable and ready to support operational projects.
You'll ideally have:
We're looking for someone who enjoys solving technical problems, takes pride in producing high-quality work and thrives in a busy workshop environment. You'll have experience maintaining and repairing heavy plant machinery, along with strong mechanical, hydraulic and electrical fault-finding skills. You'll also have good IT skills for completing maintenance records and hold a full UK driving licence.
Why join FM Conway?
At FM Conway, you're not just joining a company – you're joining a business built around its people.
We invest in our colleagues, recognise great work and provide genuine opportunities to develop your skills and progress your career. Whether you're looking to expand your technical knowledge, work on a wider range of specialist equipment or grow within the business, we'll support you every step of the way.
Alongside a competitive salary, you'll receive:
- 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Company pension.
- Life assurance.
- Ongoing training and career development.
- Internal progression opportunities.
- Shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform.
- Health and wellbeing support, including 24-hour advice lines and access to our Mental Health.
- First Aiders.
About our Plant and Workshop Division
Our Plant and Workshop Division is at the heart of FM Conway's operations, maintaining one of the UK's largest and most diverse fleets of specialist vehicles and heavy plant equipment. From excavators, dumpers and rollers to pavers, planers, volumetric mixers and specialist highway equipment, our skilled workshop teams ensure our fleet is maintained to the highest standards, supporting projects across London and the South East.
If you're looking for a role where every day brings a new challenge, your expertise is valued and you'll be supported to build a long-term career, we'd love to hear from you.
Join our family. Build your future. Make a difference.
FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy
At our heart we are a business that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.
We believe in people, not algorithms. That’s why every application is personally reviewed by a member of our Recruitment Team - never by AI.
We look forward to receiving your application!
