Plant Engineer
Speedy Hire · Reading, South East
Plant Engineer at Speedy Hire, based in Reading, South East. This is a contract role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 5 hours ago
- Closes
- 21 Nov 2026
- Sector
- Engineering & Manufacturing
Reference 22185
About the role
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Apply for this job Number of Positions: 1 Contract Type: Full Time (Permanent) Contracted Hours: 42 Salary: Attractive Working Hours: 07:30 - 17:00 Location: Reading Closing Date: 21/11/2026 Job Category: Engineering Region / Division: UK&I HIRE Business Unit: UK&I HIREJob Introduction
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Flexible hours available this includes job shares/ amended hours, we will consider all. Offering a work/life balance is of great importance to Speedy!
Job Title - Plant Engineer
Location - Reading
Working Hours - Monday to Friday - 07:30 - 16:30 - 42 Hours
Speedy are the UK’s leading hire provider with the widest range of tools, specialist hire equipment, plant and support services – everything for every job!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Plant Engineer to provide overall responsibility for the inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of plant hire equipment in the region, ensuring that all work undertaken is safe and complies with Speedy safety standards.
On a day-to-day basis, you can expect to be working directly with other engineers in the depot and liaising regularly with drivers and the hire desk team to ensure repairs and maintenance of plant equipment is prioritised effectively.
What you’ll need:
- Proven ability to test and repair plant equipment to the highest standard, ideally gained within the hire industry or similar
- NVQ Level 2 or City & Guilds equivalent in a relevant discipline
- Technical/engineering background is desirable
- Flexible approach to working hours
- Ability to support your business unit/team to deliver our ESG Strategy – Decade to Deliver.
What we offer:
- 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Life assurance
- Pension Scheme
- Canteen facilities
- 95% discount across the Speedy brand
- Opportunities for training, development and career progression
- Voluntary Health Cash Plan
- My Staff Shop: discounts and offers for shopping etc. across many suppliers
- Green Commute Initiative: Work scheme for cycling
- PAM – Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Offers free and confidential support and counselling to help you through matters such as wellbeing, divorce, legal, and financial management
Speedy operates an industry leading Work Life Balance initiative, demonstrating our commitment to reducing core contracted hours, supporting colleague wellbeing, and identifying more balanced work patterns for our colleagues which is a huge step in realising our ambition of putting our People First. Talk to us about a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements to suit your needs including flexible start/finish times, shorter days, term time hours and job share opportunities.
Speedy offer a Career Line of Sight which enables a detailed understanding of the route to progression and growth within the Speedy Group.
Please be aware Speedy reserves the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we have received a high level of applicat
Reference: 22185 · Posted 5 hours ago · Closes 21 Nov 2026 · Listed via Speedy Hire
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