24/7 Rapid Breakdown Response and Repairs for Heavy Plant & Marine Assets
When your machinery fails, downtime costs spiral quickly. Whether you are dealing with a snapped crane boom, a failed marine engine, or a seized industrial gearbox, Hickman Engineering provides a comprehensive reactive repair service. We deploy skilled technicians across the UK to diagnose and resolve mechanical failures, ensuring your assets are back in operation with minimal disruption.
What are Major & Emergency Repairs?
Heavy machinery undergoes intense operational stress during it’s lifespan, leading to unexpected failures, structural fractures, and engine breakdowns. Our emergency repair service is designed to tackle these issues directly. By bringing workshop capabilities directly to your site or vessel, we restore full functionality to your equipment, preventing the need for costly replacements and long lead times.
24/7 Flat Rate Promise
We understand that major repair work goes hand in hand with the urgent need to have the asset running again. That is why we operate a continuous response service with a transparent pricing structure. We charge one flat rate regardless of the time or day, a Tuesday afternoon costs the exact same as Christmas Day. If you are within 20 miles of our Immingham base, we guarantee a 90-minute response time.
Comprehensive Repair Capabilities
Led by our experienced Engineering Manager, Sean, and our Technical Specialists, our team is equipped to handle complex overhauls across all major sectors:
Heavy Plant & Construction
We provide rapid, on-site fixes for snapped excavator buckets, hydraulic ram refurbishments, and cracked boom repairs, getting your heavy plant moving again.
Marine & Port Equipment
From overhauling Cummins and Volvo Penta marine engines to repairing reach stackers, translifters, and vessel pipework, we deliver Lloyds-compliant marine solutions.
Industrial Gearboxes & Machinery
We execute the complete strip-down, diagnostic reporting, and refurbishment of seized industrial gearboxes, conveyor systems, and factory infrastructure.
Sectors & Case Studies
Our fully mobile teams perform major repairs and mechanical troubleshooting across a wide array of industries:
We conduct extensive marine overhauls, such as our complete strip-down and engine alignment on the MV Ross Point Refurbishment.
We provide emergency reactive repairs for critical cargo handling equipment, including emergency structural welding for Reach Stacker Repairs at ABP Immingham.
We troubleshoot and repair complex hydraulic and electrical faults on commercial fleet equipment, such as our rapid hook loader fix in our Multilift Repair & Maintenance.
