Maintenance Engineer - Shifts

TN United Kingdom; Rainham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

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

Frog Island, Rainham

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 different. 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

1. Providing both a reactive and pro-active, highly skilled maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Actively participate in projects, continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principles by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes.
5. 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.

Requirements

Essential criteria for this role:

1. Multi skilled maintenance engineer (Mechanical & Electrical) qualifications.
2. Previous maintenance experience in a heavy industrial or waste environment – 5 years.
3. Familiar and worked with continuous improvement (CI) – Lean, Kan Ban, OEE, TOC and other activities.
4. Knowledge of various mechanical drive arrangements, including simplex, duplex, chain, belt, gearboxes, and transmission equipment is essential.

What do we offer you?

1. Enhanced employer contribution pension plan.
2. 23 days’ annual leave entitlement.
3. Numerous opportunities for career development, we have a history of promoting from within.
4. Access to our wellbeing and reward platform from Day 1.

Biffa – we’re 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.

We believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment which is why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.