Material Recovery Facility Engineer

THE GRADUATE PROJECT LIMITED; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recycling and waste management company based in Greater London is seeking a Senior MRF Engineer to lead a team of engineers. The ideal candidate must possess strong hydraulic experience and have skills related to electrical qualifications. Responsibilities include performing repairs and maintenance on equipment, fault finding, and ensuring safety in the maintenance area. This role demands efficient leadership and quick assessment of technical issues, with an emphasis on teamwork and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• Hydraulic experience is essential.
• Experience working on conveyer belts, motors, gearboxes, and tail and head drums is desirable.
• Single or 3 phase electrical qualifications or experience is required.
• Welding skills are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out repairs and maintenance servicing to all equipment.
• Carry out preventative maintenance works to all equipment, especially the MRF.
• Fault finding on equipment.
• Carry out electrical refit/design where requested.
• Responsible for maintaining spare part stock levels.
• Ensure maintenance work area is kept clean.
• Transfer knowledge to other staff members.
• Ability to lead and work in a small team of engineers.
• Assess the cause of any breakdowns on the MRF.

Skills

Hydraulic experience

Strong interpersonal skills

Experience working on bailers

Single or 3 phase electrical qualifications

Welding skills

Experience working on conveyer belts

Experience with motors

Experience with gearboxes

Experience with tail and head drums

Job description

Our client is a recycling and waste management company, providing their services to many a wide range of businesses across London, offering recycling and waste management services such as zero to landfill solutions.

Our client is looking for a Senior MRF Engineer, who can lead and work in a small team of engineers.

Hydraulic experience is essential while experience working on conveyer belts, motors, gearboxes and tail and head drums would be an advantage.

Responsibilities include:

• Carry out repairs and maintenance servicing to all equipment
• Carry out preventative maintenance works to all equipment, especially the MRF
• Fault finding on equipment
• Carry out electrical refit/design where requested
• Responsible for maintaining spare part stock levels
• Responsible for ensuring maintenance work area is kept clean and any potential hazards are dealt with in the correct manner
• Put the interest of the company first
• Transfer knowledge to other staff members that can learn from your experience
• Able to do shift work including weekends and bank holidays should your shift fall onto these days
• Discuss and plan the day’s work every morning with the Engineering manager
• Liaise with the engineering manager on works that need to be carried out while the MTF is not running
• Ability to lead and work in a small team of engineers, assigning jobs and prioritising works that need to be carried out on the MRF
• Quickly assess the cause of any breakdowns to the MRF and the ability to fix the issues in the safest and quickest time possible

The skills the ideal candidate will possess are:

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Experience working on bailers
• Single or 3 phase electrical qualifications or experience
• Hydraulic experience is essential
• Welding skills are desirable
• Experience working on conveyer belts, motors, gearboxes and tail and head drums are desirable