Site Engineering Manager: Lead Reliability, Safety & Growth

Biffa; Aldridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Autonomy & trust

Clear progression

Pension scheme

IET membership

Job summary

Biffa, the UK's leader in the circular economy, is recruiting an Engineering Manager at Aldridge PRF to own site engineering performance, develop people, embed standards and influence safety, reliability and cost.

Reporting to the Regional Engineering Manager, you will lead the onsite engineering team, drive PM compliance above 95%, manage contractors and deliver long‑term asset health while balancing uptime with budget.

Qualifications

• Proven engineering or maintenance management experience.
• Strong H&S leadership in an industrial environment.
• Coaching and developmental leadership style.
• Commercially aware with understanding of OPEX and CAPEX.
• Confident communicator at all levels.
• Structured, calm and decisive.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary engineering team with accountability and high performance.
• Embed a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with engineering and H&S standards.
• Drive asset reliability through preventative maintenance with PM compliance above 95%.
• Reduce breakdowns and reactive maintenance, improving plant availability.
• Manage contractors safely and ensure quality delivery.
• Carry out Root Cause Analysis and implement long-term engineering solutions.
• Plan, execute and continuously improve shutdown activities to minimise downtime and risk.
• Take ownership of engineering OPEX, contribute to CAPEX planning and embed standards.

Skills

Engineering leadership

HSE leadership

Coaching

OPEX/CAPEX

Communication

Decision making

Job description

Biffa, the UK's leader in the circular economy, is recruiting an Engineering Manager at Aldridge PRF to own site engineering performance, develop people, embed standards and influence safety, reliability and cost.

Reporting to the Regional Engineering Manager, you will lead the onsite engineering team, drive PM compliance above 95%, manage contractors and deliver long‑term asset health while balancing uptime with budget.