Jobs in Sutton

Looking for a hands-on mechanical role where no two days are quite the same?
This £36,000 Maintenance Mechanical Fitter opportunity, rising to £38,000 after probation, offers the chance to put your mechanical skills to use within a prestigious and unique training environment, maintaining the machinery and equipment used to train the next generation of technical professionals.
MKC Training is looking for a Maintenance Mechanical Fitter to join its established team, offering long-term stability, excellent benefits and genuine opportunities for training and professional development.
Why consider this opportunity?
Alongside a salary of £36,000, rising to £38,000 after probation, you’ll receive:
* Six weeks’ paid holiday plus bank holidays
* Generous contributory pension
* Private healthcare
* Funding for continuous professional development and personal growth
* Mental Health and Wellbeing support
* On-site gym
* Cycle to work scheme
* Permanent Monday–Friday, 37-hour working week
A role with plenty of variety
You’ll be responsible for the inspection, testing and repair of mechanical machinery and equipment used throughout technical trade training workshops, offices and classrooms across the MKC Training estates, including Brompton, Wainscott and Maidstone.
Rather than working on the same equipment every day, you’ll have the opportunity to use a broad range of practical mechanical skills, including:
* Machine turning
* Milling
* Bench fitting
* Welding and brazing
* Sheet metal work
* Petrol and diesel engines/generators
* Pumps and hydraulics
* Servicing of small and large machines
* Reading and interpreting engineering diagrams and charts
* Working at height
What are we looking for?
You’ll need to hold a relevant mechanical qualification, such as an Apprenticeship, C&G, NVQ or equivalent, alongside suitable practical mechanical experience.
A full UK driving licence is required.
More than just a maintenance role
MKC Training is passionate about the success they deliver for their learners, partners and local communities. They empower people to be ambitious, solution-focused, proactive and creative thinkers.
Their values — Commitment to learner success, Investment in People, Collaboration through partnership to achieve shared goals, and Innovation to prepare for tomorrow — support their vision of becoming the UK’s most innovative training design and delivery partner, trusted by customers to prepare them for tomorrow.
MKC Training has a long and highly successful partnership contract based at the Royal School of Military Engineering, Brompton Barracks.
They are accredited Investors in People and ISO accredited, hold a Gold Award in the Medway Healthy Workplaces Programme, and have received several Health & Safety awards. Employees are also supported through Mental Health First Aid and Coaching and Mentoring schemes.
MKC Training is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and all applications will be considered.
Interested in finding out more?
A full Job Description is available on request.
All posts are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service application. MKC Training follows the DBS Code of Practice.
Armed Forces Covenant – We offer guaranteed interviews to military veterans if they meet the selection criteria.
Note to Recruitment Agencies – This recruitment project is under a managed service contract. Direct approaches to the client will not be accepted