2026 Trade Apprenticeship - Heavy Plant fitter
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Company: LAING O'ROURKE SERVICES LIMITED
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Location: Winsford, CW7 3GE
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Competitive Salary
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000018157
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Application Deadline Date: 31/03/2026
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Start Date: 09/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, between 8.00am and 5.00pm. As a project-led business, the location of our work can vary depending on project needs. This role may require you to be prepared to work away from home at project sites across the UK.
Brief Description
This role will start in September 2026.
We are looking for people with a genuine interest in construction and the built environment. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and ambitious, with the potential to progress to a supervisory / management role over a five-to-ten-year period.
Future Prospects
On completion of the apprenticeship you will remain in the business and progress in your career.
Vacancy Detail
- Completion of planned preventative and corrective maintenance activities in a timely manner to minimise equipment downtime.
- Maintain Records of works completed and support processes.
- Adhere to all Safety related documentation (Safe Systems of Work, Visual Task Sheets & Risk Assessments/Permits to work etc.) for all maintenance activities.
- Strong & Proactive communication with site team.
- Support management with root cause problem solving exercises.
- Timesheets submitted in a timely manner to management.
- Task sheets completed on time and to the required level of detail
improvement in plant availability. - Play your part in a reduction on overall maintenance spend year on year by suggested alternatives ways.
- Remain legally compliant and provide safe operations.
Key skills
Strong maintenance background with excellent understanding of heavy plant machinery ranging from excavators, telehandlers, dumpers & rollers etc. (OEM understanding for JCB and Komatsu Machines preferred.)
This is a role that requires goods problem solving skills and the ability to work under pressure whilstmaintainingbest practice H&S standards. A key measure – turnaround time on assets allowing the company to generate higher revenues from asset availability.
Key Areas:
- Electrical fault finding
- Hydraulics
- Fault Diagnosis
- Pneumatics
- General servicing and defect repair
- Problem solving
- Planning and organising
- Good communication skills
- Knowledge continuous improvement