Electrical Maintenance Engineer - Shifts

Biffa Waste Services; Barking; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in waste management is seeking a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team. The role involves providing maintenance services, liaising with contractors, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mechanical and electrical engineering, with experience in a heavy industrial environment. The position offers a competitive salary and numerous opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Enhanced employer contribution pension plan

33 days’ annual leave entitlement

Opportunities for career development

Access to wellbeing and reward platform

Qualifications

• Previous maintenance experience in a heavy industrial or waste environment.
• Knowledge of mechanical drive arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Providing a reactive and pro-active maintenance service on all operational equipment.
• Liaising with external contractors for maintenance.
• Completing planned maintenance via a Computer Maintenance Management System.

Skills

Multi skilled maintenance engineer

Continuous improvement

Mechanical & Electrical

Education

IOSH - Managing Safely

Tools

Computer Maintenance Management System

Job description

Salary:up to £52,271.31 per annum

Working pattern:6am – 6pm and 6pm – 6am (Four on, four off rotation)

In this role you will form part of our engineering team onsite contributing to the internal & external preventative, reactive and corrective maintenance work on our plant equipment. Our goal as a team is to continuously improve machine reliability, availability & capacity to manufacturing standards.

Increase the site operational effectiveness, improve on project delivery, mean time between failure and downtime reduction, and manage and implement improvement plans, driving Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) ensuring that Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are adhered to.

Safety is at the heart of everything we do, and this role is no difference. You will liaise with the SHEQ team to resolve H&S, environmental, internal audits, GMP, COSHH and ISO quality issues. You’ll ensure all compliance checks are complete and correctly filed ensuring our site is operating in full compliance with UK regulations and Global manufacturing standards.

Your key responsibilities:

• Providing both a reactive and pro-active, highly skilled maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure

• Liaise with external contractors for reactive maintenance and to Schedule planned service maintenance. Request & check RAMS, induct personnel, provide permits to work and oversee contractor works onsite to ensure work is carried out safely

• Following and completing (signing off) planned maintenance (PMs, RMs & CMs) via a Computer Maintenance Management System and overseeing the adherence and timely completion of work carried out

• Actively participate in Projects, continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes

• Assist in the administration of the CMMS (Frontline) to ensure its accuracy at all times. Frontline to be used for all maintenance and stock activities

Essential skills for this role:

• Multi skilled maintenance engineer (Mechanical & Electrical) qualifications

• IOSH - Managing Safely

• Previous maintenance experience in a heavy industrial or waste environment

• Familiar and worked with continuous improvement (CI) – Lean, Kan Ban, OEE, TOC and other activities

• Knowledge of various mechanical drive arrangements, including simplex, duplex, chain, belt, gearboxes, and transmissions

What do we offer you?

• A competitive salary

• Enhanced employer contribution pension plan

• 33 days’ annual leave entitlement including statutory holidays

• Numerous opportunities for career development, we have a history of promoting from within

• Access to our wellbeing and reward platform from Day 1