Day Shift Maintenance Technician

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

Job summary

A leading waste management company in the UK is seeking a Shift Fitter to join their Poplars AD Plant. The role involves preventive and reactive maintenance, ensuring safety compliance, and contributing to continuous improvement efforts. Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of experience in a similar position and an NVQ engineering qualification. The company offers competitive salary and various benefits including ongoing career development and generous pension scheme.

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 in a similar role in a green waste/water treatment plant.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Electrical or Mechanical Fitting

Preventive Maintenance

Fault Diagnosis

Education

NVQ engineering qualification

Job description

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- ( hours)

A quick look at the role.

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.

Requirements

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.

Benefits

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