{"id":550335,"date":"2025-11-05T08:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/550335\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:53:10","slug":"skilled-fitter-job-in-manchester-manchester-united-kingdom-job-id-646492","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/550335\/","title":{"rendered":"Skilled Fitter job in Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom | Job ID: 646492"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Skilled Fitter \u2013 Rail \/ Rolling Stock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a335k-\u00a338Kpa + Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you are skilled fitter \/ mechanical engineer looking for a hands-on opportunity with long term progression and stability?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is an excellent opportunity to join an established engineering team in Manchester, offering long-term stability, investment in training, and the chance to apply your expertise maintaining heavy vehicles and industrial equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why this role and company?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will be joining a large reputable company within the railway sector with a great track record of progressing their staff. It is a great opportunity for candidates looking to get into the railway sector and enhance their engineering skills and competencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will I be doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a Skilled Fitter, you will be working on heavy vehicles, supporting regular maintenance activities as part of a specialist team. You will be using a variety of specialist tools and equipment and will be someone that enjoys hands-on work. Our client is open to any previous engineering background, providing you are practical and solutions driven with a passion for hands on engineering work.<\/p>\n<p>You will be working on a rotating shift pattern, of earlies and lates. The depot operates 24\/7, 365 days a year. Candidates therefore must be flexible on working hours and able to commit to their rosters 4-6 weeks in advance. Weekend work may arise \u2013 this is paid at an enhanced rate and Sundays are optional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s in it for me?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our client is offering an excellent package upon joining their business.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"text\">\n<li>Salary from \u00a330-40K plus shift allowances, competency payments and overtime options<\/li>\n<li>Training and development modules \u2013 option to increase basic pay significantly and qualify for promotions<\/li>\n<li>Overtime available regularly<\/li>\n<li>Final salary pension scheme<\/li>\n<li>28-35 days\u2019 holiday (increasing with service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Process Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"text\">\n<li>Must complete a criminal convictions questionnaire as part of the application process<\/li>\n<li>Be able to pass a basic DBS<\/li>\n<li>Be able to pass a Drugs &amp; Alcohol test<\/li>\n<li>Be able to pass a full rail medical \u2013 this will include checks on eyesight, hearing, mobility, blood pressure and general health<\/li>\n<li>Provide your Right to Work documents before deployment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in this vacancy, then please do one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"text\">\n<li>Hit the apply button<\/li>\n<li>Or email email address removed&gt; confirming your interest to organise an informal chat about the position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once we receive your application, I\u2019ll personally review it and get in touch within 24 hours to chat about your career goals and how this role could fit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Ganymede Solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ganymede Solutions Ltd specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and general Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis \u2013 for more opportunities like this one, visit our website.<\/p>\n<p>By applying you accept the terms of our Privacy Notice which can be found on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Skilled Fitter \u2013 Rail \/ Rolling Stock Manchester \u00a335k-\u00a338Kpa + Benefits Are you are skilled fitter \/ mechanical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,1144,146653,712,176405,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-550335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-railway-jobs-in-united-kingdom","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-skilled-fitter-job-in-manchester","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115496249345646337","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}