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Reporting to the Shift Supervisor, you'll play a key role in keeping our anaerobic digestion facility running safely, efficiently and reliably through proactive maintenance and rapid fault response.\nYour core responsibilities\nDeliver planned and reactive maintenance across the plant. \nDiagnose faults quickly and carry out effective repairs. \nSupport installation work and equipment improvements. \nDrive plant reliability, uptime and continuous improvement. \nWork closely with operations teams to minimise downtime. \nCoordinate specialist maintenance activities with contractors. \nMaintain high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance. \nSupport preventative maintenance programmes and root cause analysis.\nOur essential requirements\nMinimum 2 years' experience in a Mechanical or Electrical Fitter role. \nStrong fault-finding and diagnostic skills. \nExperience working in a fast-paced process, manufacturing, waste, water or industrial environment. \nUnderstanding of planned preventative maintenance principles. \nAbility to prioritise and respond effectively to breakdowns. \nRelevant Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification preferred.\nWe welcome applications from candidates with experience as a Mechanical Fitter, Electrical Fitter, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Electrical Maintenance Technician, Plant Fitter, Plant Maintenance Engineer, Service Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Production Maintenance Technician, Industrial Maintenance Technician, Shift Engineer, or from similar maintenance and engineering backgrounds within manufacturing, process plant, waste, recycling, utilities, water treatment, energy, FMCG, chemical processing, quarrying, aggregates, and heavy industry environments.\nAnd here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.\nCompetitive salary.\nOngoing career development, training and coaching - because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.\nGenerous pension scheme.\nMedical and dental scheme.\nRetail and leisure discounts.\nHoliday and travel discounts.\nBike to work scheme.\nPlus much more...\nChanging the way people think about waste.\nAt Biffa, we love working with waste. 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