Plant Fitter

About the role

Balfour Beatty Asset & Technology Solutions is looking for a skilled and motivated Site Based Plant Fitter to join our team, supporting projects across Scotland. This is a hands-on role working predominantly on operational sites, ensuring our specialist overhead line (OHL) plant and equipment remains safe, compliant, and fully operational.

As a key member of our Plant & Fleet team, you will play an important role in maintaining a fleet of specialist plant and equipment that supports major infrastructure projects. The position offers a varied and rewarding workload, combining planned maintenance, reactive repairs, breakdown support, and fault diagnosis across a range of large diesel-powered machinery.

This role is primarily site-based and will involve travel throughout Scotland, with occasional attendance at our Shotts workshop when operational requirements dictate.

What you'll be doing

• Carrying out servicing, maintenance, inspections, and repairs on specialist OHL plant and associated equipment.


• Diagnosing and resolving hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical faults on large diesel-driven plant.


• Delivering both planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown support.


• Ensuring all plant and equipment is maintained in accordance with manufacturer specifications, statutory requirements, and company standards.


• Accurately completing maintenance records and documentation using electronic systems.


• Managing and recording spare parts usage and identifying replacement requirements.


• Supporting workshop activities and assisting colleagues with maintenance tasks when required.


• Maintaining a safe, clean, and organised working environment at all times.


• Working closely with operational teams, customers, and supply chain partners to ensure plant availability and minimise downtime.


• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and contributing to positive safety performance.


• Participating in overtime, weekend working, and occasional periods away from home when required to support project delivery.

Who we're looking for

We're seeking an experienced plant maintenance professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced operational environment and takes pride in delivering high standards of workmanship and customer service.

Essential Requirements

• Completed a recognised plant apprenticeship or hold a relevant mechanical or electrical qualification.


• Experience servicing and maintaining large diesel-powered plant, including hydraulic and electrical systems.


• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.


• Ability to read and interpret hydraulic schematics and electrical wiring diagrams.


• Experience working within busy site-based environments.


• Good understanding of workplace health, safety, and environmental requirements.


• Competent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Office applications.


• Full UK driving licence.


• Strong communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.


• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.


• Flexible approach to travel, overtime, weekend working, and staying away from home when required.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience maintaining specialist plant used within the overhead line or power transmission industry.


• Forklift and telehandler certification.


• Welding qualification.


• IOSH or other recognised safety qualification, or willingness to work towards one.


• EUSR SHEA Power qualification.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV's, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We're looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com