Day Shift Maintenance Technician

Biffa Waste Services; Norton Canes; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading waste management company is seeking a Shift Fitter to carry out maintenance at their Poplars AD plant. The successful candidate will perform preventive and reactive maintenance, ensure compliance with health and safety standards, and contribute to improved plant efficiency. Requires 2 years’ experience as an Electrical or Mechanical Fitter and an NVQ engineering qualification. Competitive salary and various employee benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Ongoing career development

Generous pension scheme

Medical and dental scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Bike to work scheme

Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience as Electrical or Mechanical Fitter or similar role.
• Experience in green waste/water treatment process plant is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Ensure maximum operational uptime through fault diagnosis and repair.
• Deliver high-quality maintenance and installation work.
• Drive continuous improvement through planned maintenance.

Skills

Fault diagnosis

Preventive maintenance

Health & safety compliance

Education

NVQ engineering qualification or similar

Job description

A quick look at the role.

Help us make a difference as a Shift Fitter at our Poplars AD Plant.

£39,624

Mon‑Fri (Days only) 08:00 until 16:00‑ (37.5 hours)

The Shift Fitter will be based at our Poplars AD plant and the role will report to the Shift Supervisor. The role holder will efficiently carry out preventive and reactive maintenance, examination of and fault finding on the equipment and servicing activities on an anaerobic digestion plant.

The Shift Fitter will also ensure health & safety and environmental compliance and contribute to continuous improvement in productivity and plant availability.

Your core responsibilities.

• Ensure maximum operational uptime through fast, efficient fault diagnosis and repair.
• Deliver high-quality maintenance and installation work across all plant equipment and systems.
• Drive continuous improvement through planned preventative maintenance and cost control.
• Coordinate with contractors and internal teams to complete repairs and upgrades safely and effectively.
• Maintain compliance with all health, safety and environmental standards.
• React quickly to critical issues, minimising downtime and maintaining production performance.

Our essential requirements.

• 2 years’ experience as Electrical or Mechanical Fitter (or position of similar responsibility ideally in a green waste/water treatment process plant or similar).
• NVQ engineering qualification or similar.
• We would welcome applications from anyone with experience in any of the following roles or similar maintenance and engineering positions. Maintenance Technician, Multi-skilled Engineer, Service Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Plant Engineer, Fitter, Industrial Electrician, Engineering Technician, Facilities Engineer, Breakdown Engineer, Reliability Engineer, Shift Engineer, Machinery Engineer, Engineering Operative, Equipment Technician, Workshop Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Maintenance Fitter.
  

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

• Competitive salary.
• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Medical and dental scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Plus much more......

Changing the way people think about waste.

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 11,000+ 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

Dedicated to diversity.

At Biffa we believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative working environment that delivers real results. It’s why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.