Maintenance Technician

Come and be part of the future of engineering and maintenance operations within Biffa.

Location:

Ford - West Sussex

Salary: £45,849 includes a night shift allowance.

This role operates on a 4-shift rotating pattern
, ensuring 24-hour coverage across the site. The rotation moves through the following shifts:

• Earlies
  , 06:00 to 16:00
• Mids
  , 09:00 to 19:00
• Lates
  , 11:00 to 21:00
• Nights
  , 20:00 to 06:00

Each engineer rotates through all four shifts over the pattern, working across mornings, days, evenings and nights. The rota ensures fair distribution of each shift type and consistent weekend coverage across the team.

This rotation provides predictable forward planning and makes sure all team members gain experience across every operational period of the plant.

The role holder will be responsible for driving plant availability through ensuring all PPM’s, reactive maintenance, engineering, and process improvements are carried out and implemented in a timely manner. The role holder will drive best practice on a daily basis through high engineering, compliance and H&S standards.

• Provide high operational availability, and an efficient breakdown repair service. Diagnosis running faults and ensuring effective repairs and improvements are conducted within minimum time scale.
• Develop and implement a programme of planned preventative maintenance and inspection to minimise downtime, provide records of recurrent faulting and develop engineered solutions to these issues.
• Carry out minor maintenance operations to plant and equipment.
• To liaise with external contractors on specific repairs/maintenance work.
• Keep abreast of changes to health & safety and environmental legislation and company policies to ensure defined standards and best practice are implemented.

• Engineering qualifications NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
• Desirable - Additional relevant qualifications.
• The following job titles that would be considered for this role would be Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Electrical Technician, Maintenance Electrician, Shift Electrician, Maintenance Technician, Shift Engineer, Multi Skilled Electrician Electrical or Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Fitter etc.

Senior engineers in Biffa have developed their careers and been promoted within the business. Many have completed degrees / MBAs / L5 or L7 Leadership & management programs whilst working with us.

• Generous pension scheme.
• Competitive salary.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Bike to work scheme.

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.