Maintenance Technician

Biogen; Leigh; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Biogen in the United Kingdom is seeking a Plant Maintenance Technician to ensure safe, compliant day-to-day operations of the AD plant. You will perform planned and breakdown maintenance, support the Site Manager, and help improve safety, health and environmental standards.

The role requires mechanical or electrical engineering experience, a relevant qualification, a full driving licence, and willingness to do physical work, including confined spaces and working at heights.

Qualifications

• Experienced, safety conscious individual with mechanical or electrical engineering skills and ideally a relevant qualification.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and carry out hard, physical and dirty work.
• Experience with materials handling, confined spaces and working at heights.
• Must have a full driving licence and be willing to obtain a telehandler licence if not already held.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and operate the AD plant as instructed in a safe and efficient manner.
• Assist with housekeeping and cleaning.
• Carry out data collection, analysis and reporting.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Safety awareness

Data collection

Safety training

Education

Relevant qualification

Job description

Job Description

Job DescriptionThe role will ensure that day to day site operations are carried out in a safe, compliant and efficient manner in order to optimise the performance of the AD plant. Carrying out maintenance (planned and breakdowns), active involvement with the Planned Preventative Maintenance System.

Plant Maintenance Technician Requirements

The successful candidate will be an experienced, safety conscious individual with experience of mechanical or electrical engineer skills and ideally a relevant qualification. Work with and support the Site Manager in maximising cost effective and efficient output and continuously improving safety, health, environmental and operational standards and systems. You will have the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and carry out hard, physical and dirty work. You will be used to materials handling, confined spaces and working at heights. To maintain and operate the AD plant as instructed in a safe and efficient manner; assist with overall housekeeping and cleaning and carrying out data collection, analysis and reporting. Training will be provided to achieve a telehandler licence if this is not already held. You must have a full driving licence. The role will work a shift pattern of 7 days out of 14 including weekends. Overtime is paid for approved additional hours worked.

Biogen is the UKs leader in anaerobic digestion (AD) and one of the largest independent AD operators in the UK. Having expanded its food waste recycling network through acquisition, it has a combined network of nineteen AD plants located across England, Scotland and Wales that provide cost-effective, low carbon, food and organic waste management solutions. Working with supermarkets, the hospitality industry, food manufacturers and local authorities across the UK, the AD sites recycle over half a million tonnes of food waste each year.