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About this Maintenance Technician role at Biffa Waste Services

Biffa Waste Services · Onsite · Great Blakenham, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Help us make a difference as a Maintenance Technician at our Masons MRF Facility in Suffolk.

Day shifts: 06:00 to 16:00 or 07:00 to 17:00
Night shifts: 17:00 to 03:00

One week per month is on nights

Overtime available at x1.5

Salary: £41,792 per year

A quick look at the role.

The Engineer will be required to effectively and efficiently respond to all operational engineering needs, as directed by the Engineering Supervisor, to reduce operational downtime. To ensure health and safety requirements are always considered and executed.

Your core responsibilities.

  • Comply fully with all safety instructions, policies and procedure to ensure a safe working environment for yourself and all others present
  • Where necessary supervise a team of contractors and ensure work is carried out to the standard required
  • Support the Engineering Supervisor in the development of other team members skills and abilities
  • Carry out problem solving activities on the plant and machinery to identify faults and rectify them
  • Carry out maintenance, both preventative and breakdown, on all equipment on the site
  • Proactively identify potential faults and improvement opportunities on the plant and equipment to prevent future failures or to identify more efficient methods of work
  • Use the CMMS fully as per the company procedures to promote timely reaction to work requests, build equipment history and promote effective stock control and record material usage
  • Maintain the workplace, tools and engineering facilities to prevent hazard and risks in the workplace and to promote effective engineering practice

Requirements

Our essential requirements.

  • Level 3 Qualified Mechanical/Plant and/or Engineering (desirable)
  • Welding and Fabrication (Desirable)
  • Conveyor system and associated plant (Desirable)
  • Understanding of electrical/Instrument maintenance (Desirable)
  • Hydraulics and Pneumatics  (Desirable)
  • Candidates with similar job titles will also be considered - Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Technician, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Electrical Maintenance Technician, Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Shift Technician, Engineering Technician, Plant Technician, Service Technician, Facilities Technician, Production Technician, Reliability Technician, Equipment Technician, Industrial Technician

Benefits

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

  • Ongoing career development, training and coaching –
  • Because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
  • Generous pension scheme.
  • Retail and leisure discounts.
  • Holiday and travel discounts.
  • Life cover.

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.

Dedicated to diversity.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.

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How this Maintenance Technician salary compares

This role pays $55,484/yrin line with the typical range for Maintenance Technician roles.

$44,258 median $59,280 $81,006

Typical range $49,920–$69,852/yr, from 3,229 comparable Maintenance Technician listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Maintenance Technician salary insights →

About Biffa Waste Services

Biffa have been servicing the waste management needs of the UK since 1912 and we’re now a UK leading integrated waste management company.

We are proud to lead the waste and recycling industry. With operations at over 195 sites spanning the length and breadth of the country, we service over 2.3 million households and collect 4.3 million bins per week just within our municipal division. From our conception in 1912, our business has developed far beyond waste collection and into recycling, treatment and energy generation services

Our Vision

To be the leader in UK sustainable waste management.

Our Purpose

We're here to change the way people think about waste.

Our values truly reinforce what we are all about:

We act as a team

- We are working towards a common goal

- We look out for each other

- We all have an equal voice and respect each other

We make things happen

- We are hands on and get stuck in

- We find a way

- We go the extra mile and always deliver

We do the right thing

- We are honest, transparent and responsible for our actions

- We keep our promises

- We build trust by being consistent and fair

We take pride in what we do

- We continually develop our knowledge and expertise

- We know our work matters

- We take price in a job well done


We are a progressive business and innovation is core to our strategy. This means continually developing and improving our extensive UK-wide infrastructure to provide greater flexibility, an innovative and broad range of services and the utilisation of technology to ensure we are easy to do business with.

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