Line 3 is down.
It's 2am.
Nobody's there to help.

SiteSOS is an emergency breakdown service. Maintenance engineers on call 24/7, 365 days a year. Call one out from your phone. See who is coming and what it costs before you say yes.

Sign up takes a few minutes, then you can call out straight away. Callouts are paid by card until your credit account is open.

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Call out an engineer

The new callout app for sites. Vetted maintenance engineers on call 24/7, 365 days a year.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play

Or use it on the website today. Sign up and call out from your phone's browser.

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What a breakdown costs

£5,100what one hour of downtime costs a UK or Irish business, on average. From about £1,700 to £7,500, by size.1
20 hoursa week, on average, spent sorting out breakdowns nobody planned for1
69%of plants have an unplanned breakdown at least once a month2
11%of yearly sales lost to unplanned downtime by the world's 500 biggest companies3
Waiting 6 hours costs you£30,000
A callout with us starts from£895 plus VAT

The nearest engineers are asked the moment you press the button, any hour. Your figures, our minimum callout charge.

Sources: 1 RS with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Industry in Motion maintenance engineering report, 2023 (more than 1,200 engineers asked, almost 700 of them in the UK and Ireland). 2 ABB, Value of Reliability survey, 2023 (Sapio Research, 3,215 plant maintenance decision makers worldwide). 3 Siemens, The True Cost of Downtime 2024 (181 people asked, scaled up to the world's 500 biggest companies). Figures correct at the time of writing, October 2026.

What it costs, before you press the button

Every callout is priced on screen before you say yes. A minimum charge from £895 covers the first 4 hours on site. After that, it's by the hour. Here is roughly what a job costs, by how long it takes.

Up to 4 hours£895the minimum callout charge, plus VAT and mileage
6 hours£995plus VAT and mileage
8 hours£1,095plus VAT and mileage
12 hours£1,295plus VAT and mileage

Guide prices at £50.00 an hour, plus VAT. Mileage (£1.00 a mile) is on top. You see the exact price for your site before you press the button.

Two ways to cover a night

Book the whole shift£914 plus VAT

An engineer on site for a 12-hour night shift, 18:00 to 06:00 on a weekday, breaks included. Book it as late as four hours before the shift starts. Best when a stop costs you a lot, like short shelf-life food.

Call out when it breaksFrom £1,343 plus VAT

An engineer comes out in the night, just for the breakdown. That covers the first 4 hours on site, then it's by the hour. Best when you are happy to run the risk.

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What you get, and how we check every engineer

Nobody gets your work until all of this is checked by our office. If anything runs out, they cannot take jobs until it is renewed.

Right to work

Checked by our office with a Home Office share code, a digital ID check or their documents, before their first job.

£2m public liability

At least £2m of public liability insurance, with the certificate checked. Engineers employed through an agency are covered by the agency.

Qualifications and tickets

A core engineering qualification, such as an apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3 or City and Guilds, plus tickets like 18th Edition, CompEx, IPAF or F-Gas for the work they do.

Rechecked before they run out

Every expiry date is tracked. Engineers are reminded 30 and 7 days before, and our office is told. Out of date means no jobs.

Signed up properly

Their company checked if they trade as one, our terms signed, safety documents read and signed, and their email and phone confirmed.

Nearest first, 24/7

Engineers are asked by distance, so you get the one who can be with you soonest. Nights, weekends and bank holidays, 365 days a year.

Limits you control

You decide who can call out, and up to how much. Out of hours, your site can call out up to a limit you set. Over the limit, an approver is asked.

Track them to the gate

Their name, their compliance pack, where they are and when they will get to you, with a name and code for security. Afterwards, a report of the job with photos.

No retainer

No monthly fee. You only pay for the callouts you use.

More than breakdowns

Short or long term shift cover

Holidays, sickness, parental leave, or a long gap to fill. Book days, nights or 4 on 4 off. The same vetted engineers, at hourly rates you see first.

Permanent engineers

Hiring? Post the job and the right engineers hear about it. Each advert runs for 90 days. Go from shortlist to start date in the same app.

IR35 statements and HMRC reports

Record your IR35 answer once in the app, and upload your status determination statement there. We send HMRC the quarterly reports for the engineers we pay.

Get engineers on call

Sign up and you can call out straight away. Or tell us about your site and we call you back, usually the same day.

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  • No retainer and no monthly fee
  • You choose who can call out, and the limits
  • Labels for your machines, posted to you

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