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About the Role
Lead and support a team of multi-skilled technicians at a busy Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Edmonton. Drive plant performance, reduce downtime, prioritize engineering activity, and ensure maintenance work is completed safely and efficiently. This is a key leadership role where you will lead by example, develop your team, and help deliver high engineering and operational standards across site.
Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise a shift team of engineers and contractors to maximise plant performance and uptime.
- Prioritise planned and reactive maintenance activities to support operational requirements.
- Carry out fault finding, diagnostics and repairs across plant and machinery.
- Deliver preventative and breakdown maintenance to minimise downtime.
- Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and implement long term corrective actions.
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities to improve reliability and engineering efficiency.
- Ensure all engineering activities are carried out safely and in line with company procedures.
- Support and develop engineering team capability and skill progression.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records using the CMMS system.
- Ensure high standards of housekeeping, engineering practice and communication through effective shift handovers and reporting.
Requirements
- HNC qualified in Mechanical or Plant Engineering.
- Previous experience supervising engineering teams within an industrial, manufacturing or processing environment.
- Strong fault finding and problem solving ability.
- Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics and welding.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and perform well in a fast paced operational environment.
- Previous experience in the following roles will also be considered: Engineering Team Leader, Maintenance Team Leader, Shift Maintenance Supervisor, Engineering Operations Supervisor, Lead Shift Engineer, Engineering Chargehand, Senior Maintenance Engineer, Engineering Shift Lead, Site Engineering Supervisor or Maintenance Shift Lead.
Skills
- Hydraulics
- Pneumatics
- Welding
- Fault finding
- Problem solving
- CMMS system
Location
- Edmonton
Work Type
- Shift Pattern: 4 on, 4 off, rotating 2 days and 2 nights
Experience Level
- Lead Engineer
- Supervisor
Education Level
- HNC qualified in Mechanical or Plant Engineering
Salary/Compensations
- £55,895.84 per annum + London Weighting Allowance
Benefits
- Competitive salary + London Weighting Allowance
- Ongoing career development, training and coaching
- Generous pension scheme
- Retail and leisure discounts
- Holiday and travel discounts
- Life cover
About the Company
- 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. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No.1 choice for business waste management.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.