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About the Role

As a Lead Maintenance Engineer, you will be instrumental in driving innovative solutions for a sustainable future. You'll contribute to our mission of helping communities, protecting the environment, and fostering an inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day and shutdown maintenance activities to maximize plant throughput and minimize downtime.
• Coordinate workflow between two shifts, plan weekly maintenance, and allocate weekend shutdown tasks.
• Supervise on-shift technicians, assigning labor across PPM, process issues, and breakdowns.
• Plan, schedule, and organize all maintenance activities using SAP CMMS to optimize plant uptime and availability.
• Carry out both planned and reactive maintenance on a wide range of mechanical, electrical, and process equipment.
• Manage service contractors, including inductions, work permits, RAMS reviews, and compliance with safe working practices.
• Oversee parts identification, ordering, and repairs to support continuous operations and reduce disruption.
• Inspect equipment and work areas for hazards or defects, completing required documentation and reporting issues to the Maintenance Manager.

Requirements

• Possess a City & Guilds or NVQ level 3 in mechanical and/or electrical maintenance or a recognized formal apprenticeship with an ONC/HNC or Btech in the relevant discipline.
• Experience in process manufacturing, production industry, or food manufacturing facility.
• Proven experience of working at a high level.
• Fully conversant with material handling equipment.
• Experienced with conveyors, baling equipment, Low Voltage equipment, pumps, motors, plant auxiliaries, hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical and optical separation, magnetic and Eddy current separation technology.
• Comprehensive practical experience in maintenance within a process industry, preferably gained in a recycling environment.
• Enthusiastic and a competent problem solver with a practical approach to engineering problems.
• Able to demonstrate an analytical approach to investigation, allied with a practical ability to resolving engineering problems.
• Experience in low voltage power systems, control systems and Software (DCS/SCADA/HMI/PLC), CMMS / AMMS systems would be advantageous.

Skills

• Mechanical maintenance
• Electrical maintenance
• Process manufacturing
• Production industry
• Food manufacturing
• Material handling equipment
• Conveyors
• Baling equipment
• Low Voltage equipment
• Pumps
• Motors
• Plant auxiliaries
• Hydraulics
• Pneumatics
• Mechanical separation
• Optical separation
• Magnetic separation
• Eddy current separation technology
• SAP CMMS
• Low voltage power systems
• Control systems
• DCS
• SCADA
• HMI
• PLC
• CMMS / AMMS systems

Location

• 16 Choats Road Dagenham Essex RM9 6LF

Work Type

• 42.5 hours (average) per week
• 4 on 4 off Days only

Experience Level

• Lead

Education Level

• City & Guilds or NVQ level 3 in mechanical and/or electrical maintenance
• ONC/HNC or Btech in the relevant discipline

Salary/Compensations

• Up to £53,125.00 per annum
• 15% annual bonus

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Access to our company/people’s pension scheme
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
• One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Veolia benefits

About the Company

• Where other people see waste, our community here at Veolia see opportunity.
• We’re determined to push for ecological transformation through waste, water and energy, and are committed to getting the tough jobs done.
• We see the potential of every member of our team, and are giving them the chance to realise it with us.
• Our values are community spirit, responsibility, innovation, customer focus and respect.
• We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
• This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.

Equal Opportunity

• We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate.
• As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
• We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.