EfW Maintenance Manager
First seen by Alion on Oct 27, 2026. SUEZ in the UK scores A on the Alion truth index.
What you'll be doing
Reporting to the Plant Manager, you'll lead the maintenance function to maximise plant reliability, safety, and performance.
- Lead and develop a team delivering planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the facility.
- Manage maintenance budgets, resources, spares, contractors and the maintenance management system.
- Drive a strong safety-first culture while ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations.
- Deliver strategic maintenance plans, continuous improvement initiatives and major outage programmes.
- Work collaboratively across departments to improve operational performance, plant availability and long-term asset reliability.
What we're looking for
We're interested in your skills, experience and potential. If your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you.
- Experience as a Maintenance Manager, Senior Maintenance Engineer or similar leadership role within energy-from-waste, power generation, process manufacturing, chemical processing or another heavy industrial environment.
- Strong mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge, supported by an HNC, degree, apprenticeship, time-served background, or equivalent engineering qualification.
- Proven experience leading teams, managing budgets and delivering maintenance strategies that improve reliability and performance.
- Understanding of health, safety and environmental compliance within a regulated industrial setting.
- NEBOSH, IOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification would be advantageous.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and generations. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented within engineering, energy and sustainability sectors. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we'll be happy to support you.
About us
At SUEZ, your career is a journey full of possibilities. Whether you're an experienced engineering leader or looking to take the next step into a senior management role, you'll have opportunities to learn, grow and shape your future.
We're committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and empowered to succeed. Our focus on wellbeing, development, safety and diversity helps create an environment where people can thrive.
If you're looking for a Maintenance Manager job in Avonmouth where you can lead a high-performing team, support sustainability goals and help deliver essential energy-from-waste services, we'd love to hear from you.
Together, we're transforming today's environmental challenges into tomorrow's sustainable solutions.