Mobile Plant Fitter - Up to £55k - Bedfordshire UK — Columbus
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This role is not suitable for digital nomads or location-independent remote workers. It is a field-based, hands-on engineering position requiring daily physical presence at construction sites across Bedfordshire and the surrounding regional patch. There is no remote or async component whatsoever — the work involves physically servicing, repairing, and inspecting heavy construction plant machinery on live sites.
The schedule is fixed: Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4:30pm UK time, and a full UK driving licence is mandatory. Candidates must be UK-based with the legal right to work in the UK.
While the role is described as "home-based" in terms of departing from your home each day, this refers to a mobile field technician arrangement — not a work-from-home setup. You will travel between multiple sites in a company-provided van.
If you are a skilled plant fitter looking to settle in the UK, this role offers strong earning potential (up to £55,000) and genuine stability with a growing civil engineering contractor. For nomads or remote-first professionals, this role is not a fit — look instead for roles in remote technical support, CAD design, or project management within the construction sector, which increasingly offer hybrid or fully remote options.
Mobile Plant Fitter
Salary: Up to £55,000 (dependent on experience)
Location: Bedfordshire and regional patch
Additional: Company Van + Fuel Card
Type: Full-time permanent
Linsco are delighted to be working alongside our client, a well-established and growing groundwork and civil engineering contractor looking to appoint an experienced Mobile Plant Fitter to join their team.
Our client predominantly operates within the residential groundworks sector, delivering roads, sewers, infrastructure, bulk earthworks and housing plot groundworks for a number of major housebuilders and developers.
This is a field-based role covering a regional operational patch, carrying out maintenance, servicing and repairs to a fleet of construction plant and equipment across multiple live sites.
The Role
- Service, maintain and repair a range of heavy construction plant and machinery
- Diagnose faults and carry out breakdown repairs on site
- Work on equipment including:
- Excavators up to 30 tonne
- Dumpers
- Rollers
- Telehandlers
- Carry out routine inspections and preventative maintenance
- Ensure all plant is operating safely and efficiently
- Complete maintenance records and associated paperwork
- Liaise with site teams and plant department regarding repairs and downtime
- Travel between operational sites across the region
Experience working on Hitachi plant would be highly beneficial.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge and understanding of construction plant machinery
- Previous experience working as a Plant Fitter, Mobile Plant Engineer or similar role
- Experience working on excavators, dumpers, rollers and telehandlers
- Understanding of site procedures and health & safety requirements
- Ability to work independently and manage your own workload
- Good fault-finding and diagnostic skills
- High attention to detail and ability to work under pressure
- Full UK driving licence
- NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Plant Maintenance
What's on Offer
- Home-based role covering a local/regional patch
- Monday to Friday working hours - 7:30am to 4:30pm
- Company van and fuel card provided
- Stable long-term opportunity with a growing civil engineering contractor
- Variety of work across multiple residential infrastructure projects
- Competitive salary and package
Applications
If you feel that you have the relevant experience to be successful in this position and would like to find out more, please apply online today, attaching a copy of your current CV.
Due to the vast number of applications that we receive, it is not possible for us to contact all applicants; therefore, only suitable candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear anything back within 7 days of submitting your application, you have unfortunately not been selected.
Linsco is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be considered on their merits regardless of background, characteristics or personal circumstances. All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.
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