Compliance & Testing · Service
Planned Preventive Maintenance — mechanical, electrical and controls.
Scheduled PPM contracts across mechanical, electrical and controls — priced per site, with a live asset register, digital certificates and consolidated reporting for multi-site portfolios.
What we do
The service in plain English.
A good PPM contract shifts the maintenance conversation from reactive to proactive — from 'the line's down, get someone here' to 'we schedule the outage, we know what we're doing, we do it well within the window'. Lutrom offers PPM contracts across the three trades most industrial sites need — mechanical, electrical and controls — under a single contract with a single point of accountability. That single-trade combination matters more than it sounds. On most industrial sites the biggest wins come from the interfaces between trades — the electrical isolator that feeds the mechanical drive that runs the controls-driven machine. Splitting PPM across three suppliers means those interfaces are somebody else's problem three times over. Under a single contract, they are the same team's problem to solve. Every PPM contract is built around a written asset register with a documented maintenance schedule per asset — what is inspected, what is tested, what is replaced, at what interval. Every visit produces a digital certificate against each asset. Multi-site portfolios get consolidated reporting with a rolled-up view of compliance status across every site, so head office doesn't have to chase individual certificates every year.
What's included
Every job covers the following.
- Written asset register — every asset scheduled with a specific maintenance activity and interval
- Mechanical PPM — bearings, drives, alignments, lubrication, gearbox oil, guarding checks
- Electrical PPM — DB inspections, torque checks, thermographic surveys, RCD tests, EICR co-ordination
- Controls PPM — PLC battery replacement, HMI screen calibration, alarm log review, backup verification
- Statutory testing scheduling — EICR, PAT, fire alarm, emergency lighting, LOLER (via approved partners)
- Digital certificates issued per asset per visit — same-day upload
- Multi-site consolidated reporting for portfolios — one account, one view
- Where agreed as part of your PPM package, breakdown support can be included for critical assets
- Annual PPM review — asset register, intervals, findings and forward-plan reviewed with the client
Who it's for
Common on these sites.
Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Uptime, compliance and continuous improvement for production lines.
Industry
Food & Beverage
IP-rated washdown, BRC-audit-ready installs and 24/7 line support.
Industry
Logistics & Warehousing
Conveyor systems, sortation, PPM and rapid response for distribution centres.
Industry
Retail & Commercial
Multi-site rolling maintenance and one-off installs for commercial estates.
Our approach
Survey. Quote. Deliver. Sign off.
01
Asset register
We build (or import) a written asset register for the site — every asset with a location, criticality, maintenance activities and interval. This is the foundation of everything else.
02
Written schedule
The register drives a documented year-view schedule — which visit does what on which asset. Client-side sign-off before the contract goes live.
03
Delivery
Scheduled visits run to the calendar with a digital certificate per asset per visit. Findings that need immediate remedial are flagged same-day; findings that can wait are logged for the next visit or annual review.
04
Annual review
Once a year we sit down with the client and review the register, the findings, the intervals and the forward-plan. Anything that has drifted from optimal gets adjusted for the next cycle.
How we price this work
No surprise invoices.
PPM contracts are priced by asset register and visit frequency, not by day rate. Every contract itemises the assets, the maintenance activities, the visit frequency and the annualised cost. Where agreed as part of your PPM package, breakdown support can be included for critical assets. Reactive callouts to non-critical assets are priced at contracted hourly rate. Every quote is preceded by a site survey and a proposed asset register so both sides know exactly what's in scope before signature.
Coverage
Where we deliver this service.
We deliver planned preventive maintenance — mechanical across the North West of England — from our Northwich base. Same-day dispatch for callouts and scheduled visits for planned work.
Service FAQ
What clients ask before they call.
Can you take over an existing PPM programme?
Yes — this is very common. We take over the existing asset register (whatever format it's in), verify it against site reality on the first visit, and re-issue it as our digital register. Existing intervals and schedules are honoured until the annual review; from that point they're adjusted based on what we've actually found.
Do you sub-contract any of the trades?
The three core trades — mechanical, electrical and controls — are all delivered by Lutrom's own engineers. Specialist statutory activities that require a specific certification we don't hold (e.g. LOLER lifting inspections, F-Gas refrigerant work) are delivered by approved partners under our contract, so you still deal with one account and one invoice.
How do you handle emergency callouts for PPM clients?
Where agreed as part of your PPM package, breakdown support can be included for critical assets. Non-critical breakdowns are priced at contracted rate. Response performance depends on distance from our Northwich base and current engineer availability — we give an honest ETA on the phone when the callout is logged.
Do you handle statutory testing scheduling as well?
Yes. EICR, PAT, fire alarm and emergency lighting testing schedules are integrated into the PPM calendar. You get a single view of compliance status across everything statutory, with reminder alerts 30 days before each certificate expires.
What about multi-site portfolios?
Multi-site portfolios are one of our strongest offerings. Every site has its own asset register and schedule, but the account is single-invoiced and single-reported. Head office gets a portfolio dashboard showing compliance status, upcoming works and any open findings across every site at once.
How is the asset register maintained over time?
The register is live — new assets get added when they're installed, retired assets get flagged out. Every annual review revisits intervals and activities based on the findings from the previous 12 months. The register is your property under the contract; you get an export whenever you want it.
Got a project, a survey or a compliance deadline?
Talk to a working engineer — not a call centre. Every enquiry gets a same-day human reply.
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