EfW Maintenance Manager

SUEZ UK; Bletchley; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 20% annual bonus

5% employer pension contribution

25 days' holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Holiday Buy Back Scheme

Company sick pay

Wellbeing and development benefits

Job summary

SUEZ is seeking an EfW Maintenance Manager for the Waste Recovery Park in Milton Keynes. You will lead the maintenance function to maximise plant reliability, safety, and performance, reporting to the Plant Manager.

Role involves managing a team, budgets, spares, and contractors, driving maintenance strategy, and delivering improvements in a critical energy-from-waste facility. Salary £57,059–£71,295 plus a company car.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance teams in heavy industrial environments.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and deliver maintenance strategies that improve reliability.
• Strong mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge.
• Understanding of health and safety and environmental compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team delivering planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the facility.
• Manage maintenance budgets, resources, spares, contractors and the maintenance management system.
• Drive a strong safety-first culture while ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations.
• Deliver strategic maintenance plans, continuous improvement initiatives and major outage programmes.
• Collaborate across departments to improve operational performance and asset reliability.

Skills

Maintenance management experience

Leadership

Budget management

Safety culture and compliance

Education

Engineering qualification (HNC/degree/apprenticeship)

NEBOSH/IOSH advantage

Tools

Maintenance management system

Job description

EfW Maintenance Manager

At SUEZ, we act for what truly matters: the environment, our communities, and future generations. Join us and help deliver innovative solutions that drive the UK's transition to a lower-carbon future.

This is an exciting opportunity to join SUEZ as a Maintenance Manager at our Waste Recovery Park in Milton Keynes, leading the maintenance strategy for a critical sustainability facility that helps generate energy from waste and supports the circular economy.

If you're passionate about engineering leadership, operational excellence, and creating a more sustainable future, this role offers the chance to make a real impact while developing both your career and your team.

Salary: 57,059 - 71,295, dependent on experience, plus company car

Benefits: Up to 20% annual bonus, 5% employer pension contribution, 25 days' holiday plus 8 bank holidays, Holiday Buy Back Scheme, company sick pay, and a range of wellbeing and development benefits.

Location: Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park

Hours: 37.5 hours Monday to Friday.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you'll lead the maintenance function to maximise plant reliability, safety, and performance.

• Lead and develop a team delivering planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the facility.
• Manage maintenance budgets, resources, spares, contractors and the maintenance management system.
• Drive a strong safety-first culture while ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations.
• Deliver strategic maintenance plans, continuous improvement initiatives and major outage programmes.
• Work collaboratively across departments to improve operational performance, plant availability and long-term asset reliability.

What we're looking for

We're interested in your skills, experience and potential. If your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you.

• Experience as a Maintenance Manager, Senior Maintenance Engineer or similar leadership role within energy-from-waste, power generation, process manufacturing, chemical processing or another heavy industrial environment.
• Strong mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge, supported by an HNC, degree, apprenticeship, time-served background, or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Proven experience leading teams, managing budgets and delivering maintenance strategies that improve reliability and performance.
• Understanding of health, safety and environmental compliance within a regulated industrial setting.
• NEBOSH, IOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification would be advantageous.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and generations. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented within engineering, energy and sustainability sectors. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we'll be happy to support you.

About us

At SUEZ, your career is a journey full of possibilities. Whether you're an experienced engineering leader or looking to take the next step into a senior management role, you'll have opportunities to learn, grow and shape your future.

We're committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and empowered to succeed. Our focus on wellbeing, development, safety and diversity helps create an environment where people can thrive.

If you're looking for a Maintenance Manager job in Avonmouth where you can lead a high-performing team, support sustainability goals and help deliver essential energy-from-waste services, we'd love to hear from you.

Together, we're transforming today's environmental challenges into tomorrow's sustainable solutions.