Maintenance Engineer - Days

Biffa Group; Cannock Chase; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Ongoing career development

Generous pension scheme

Medical and dental scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Bike to work scheme

Job summary

Poplars AD Plant, Cannock, is seeking a Day Shift Fitter to maintain our anaerobic digestion facility.Reporting to the Shift Supervisor, you will perform proactive maintenance and rapid fault response to keep operations safe, efficient and reliable. The role requires at least 2 years of experience as a Mechanical or Electrical Fitter, strong fault‑finding skills, and knowledge of preventative maintenance.

It’s a day shift, 37.5 hours per week, based at Cannock.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in a Mechanical or Electrical Fitter role.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience in fast‑paced process/manufacturing environments.
• Understanding of planned preventative maintenance principles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned and reactive maintenance across the plant.
• Diagnose faults quickly and carry out repairs.
• Support installation work and equipment improvements.
• Drive plant reliability, uptime and continuous improvement.
• Work with operations to minimise downtime.
• Coordinate specialist maintenance with contractors.
• Maintain high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance.
• Support preventative maintenance programmes and root cause analysis.

Skills

Fault-finding

Diagnostic skills

Maintenance planning

Prioritisation

Education

Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification (preferred)

Job description

Poplars AD Plant, Cannock (WS11 8NQ)

Salary: £41,125.50 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday, 08:00 – 16:00 (Days Only)

We're looking for a skilled Day Shift Fitter to join our team at Poplars AD Plant. Reporting to the Shift Supervisor, you'll play a key role in keeping our anaerobic digestion facility running safely, efficiently and reliably through proactive maintenance and rapid fault response.

Your core responsibilities

• Deliver planned and reactive maintenance across the plant.
• Diagnose faults quickly and carry out effective repairs.
• Support installation work and equipment improvements.
• Drive plant reliability, uptime and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with operations teams to minimise downtime.
• Coordinate specialist maintenance activities with contractors.
• Maintain high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance.
• Support preventative maintenance programmes and root cause analysis.

Our essential requirements

• Minimum 2 years' experience in a Mechanical or Electrical Fitter role.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced process, manufacturing, waste, water or industrial environment.
• Understanding of planned preventative maintenance principles.
• Ability to prioritise and respond effectively to breakdowns.
• Relevant Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification preferred.
• We welcome applications from candidates with experience as a Mechanical Fitter, Electrical Fitter, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Electrical Maintenance Technician, Plant Fitter, Plant Maintenance Engineer, Service Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Production Maintenance Technician, Industrial Maintenance Technician, Shift Engineer, or from similar maintenance and engineering backgrounds within manufacturing, process plant, waste, recycling, utilities, water treatment, energy, FMCG, chemical processing, quarrying, aggregates, and heavy industry environments.

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

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