Mechanical maintenance
Originally established to meet the routine and unscheduled maintenance needs of our own transport group, our service offerings have greatly expanded, aiming to provide as many as possible of the services that our customers require in-house, outsourcing only what is necessary to strategic partners.
Increased workload capability
Increased workload capability
Increased workload capability
Russell Engineering service and repair a wide variety of plant and equipment, and as a best practice organisation, we share resources and knowledge to ensure the efficient and effective repair of equipment that is presented to us.
We are in the enviable position that should the workload increase from the pre-planned levels, we can reschedule the workloads of our sites to cope with the demand flux by redirecting staff from any of our three workshops – this allows us to call on over 50 qualified and IRTE licenced technicians.
Multiple worksites
Increased workload capability
Increased workload capability
Managed and controlled from its main facility in Glasgow, our maintenance sites are strategically based in Glasgow (Springburn), Coatbridge and Alloa, with strategic partners located throughout the UK.
The administration team has experience in dealing with a wide variety of customers, including local authorities, ensuring that all aspects of job costs are properly presented, understood and agreed prior to billing.
Fully equipped workshops
Increased workload capability
Environmentally Conscious
All our group workshops are equipped with diagnostic software and the tooling required to deal with all but the most specialised maintenance requirements. All diagnostic software is updated, and equipment is tested and calibrated as required to ensure it remains suitable for the required tasks.
As well as internal quality checks, we employ the services of the Freight Transport Association to audit the standard of work performed in all our workshops, and at any time we shall make our workshops available to customer staff or their appointed agents to carry out audit inspections of the work we perform for you.
Environmentally Conscious
Environmentally Conscious
Environmentally Conscious
We are highly active when it comes to reducing the environmental impact of the group and its customers looking constantly for ways in which the carbon footprint of the heavy logistics industry can be reduced.
Internally trained staff
Environmentally Conscious
Internally trained staff
We have a long history of training apprentices, with the core of our technical team comprised of former group apprentices.
Quality focussed
Our approach to quality has resulted in a 99%+ DVSA MOT pass rate and should give you the confidence that you need to know that your equipment is in safe hands.
Fully equiped ATEX Bay
Completed in 2022 our new ATEX facility will allow us to work on dangerous goods vehicles and trailers, and now approved as a 'red' DVSA test lane for dangerous goods
OUR WORKSITES
Springburn
Open 24 hours from 19:00 on a Sunday until 07:00 the following Sunday our IRTE accredited Springburn workshop and its team of IRTEC qualified engineers are experienced in diagnosing, repairing and servicing a wide variety of vehicle makes and trailer types.
Facilities
The workshop has 3 pits and 2 ramps in our main 7-bay workshop, and a further pit in our 2-bay ATEX workshop. An on-call service is in place to deal with out-of-hours defects, with 3 service vans based on-site and available to deal with breakdowns.
We also have an open access DVSA Authorised Test Facility and Approved Tachograph centre on the site.
The site has a parts department controlled by a qualified storeman from 08:00 until 17:00 Mon to Fri, and from 08:00 until 13:00 on a Saturday.
All parts used are of Original Equipment standard, unless requested otherwise by a customer. We hold a significant impressed stock of fast-moving parts on-site to ensure downtime is kept to a minimum – this is replenished as required and updated to reflect changes in usage patterns.
Services
As well as general repair and maintenance services, we offer several specialist services on site:
- DVSA test facility
- DVSA-approved tachograph repair and calibration centre
- Fully equipped dangerous goods inspection bays
- Engine and trailer diagnostics
- LOLER inspection and certification
- Laser alignment
- Brake disc re-skimming
440 Petershill Road, Glasgow, G21 4AA
Midtown
Open from 06:00 to 00:00 Monday to Friday and 06:00 to 18:00 on a Saturday, our IRTE accredited Midtown workshop and its team of IRTEC qualified engineers are experienced in diagnosing, repairing and servicing a wide variety of vehicle makes and trailer types.
Midtown Business Park, Blackgrange, FK10 2PG
Facilities
The site has 3 pits in its 5 bays, with 3 service vans based on-site and available to deal with breakdowns.
Coatbridge
Open from 06:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday and 07:00 to 13:00 on a Saturday, our Coatbridge workshop and its team of IRTEC qualified engineers are experienced in diagnosing, repairing and servicing a wide variety of vehicle makes and trailer types.
Containerbase, Gartsherrie Road, Coatbridge, ML5 2DY
Facilities
The site has 3 pits in its 5 bays, with 3 service vans based on-site and available to deal with breakdowns.
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Russell Engineering
440 Petershill Road, Glasgow, G21, 4AA