Plant Technician

The role will ensure that day to day site operations are carried out in a safe, compliant and efficient manner in order to optimise the performance of the AD plant. Carrying out maintenance (planned and breakdowns), active involvement with the Planned Preventative Maintenance System.

**Plant Maintenance Technician Requirements**

You will have the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and carry out hard, physical and dirty work. You will be used to materials handling, confined spaces and working at heights. To maintain and operate the AD plant as instructed in a safe and efficient manner; operational cover for the Site Manager and to assist on other AD sites as required, assist with overall housekeeping and cleaning and carrying out data collection, analysis and reporting.

Training will be provided to achieve a forklift truck license if this is not already held. You must have a full driving licence. The role will involve working weekends, call out on a rota basis and remote monitoring of the AD Process.

**About Biogen (UK) Ltd**

Biogen is the UK';s leader in anaerobic digestion (AD) and one of the largest independent AD operators in the UK. Having expanded its food waste recycling network through acquisition, it has a combined network of fourteen AD plants and six composting sites located across England, Scotland and Wales that provide cost-effective, low carbon, food and organic waste management solutions. Working with supermarkets, the hospitality industry, food manufacturers and local authorities across the UK, the AD sites recycle over half a million tonnes of food waste each year.

**Location**: Whitehill Road, Millerhill, Dalkeith, EH21 8RZ

**Job Type**: Full Time, permanent,

**Hours**: 40 hours per week and remote monitoring. Working 5 days per week including weekends on a rota.

**Salary**: £23,000 per annum + Allowance + Bonus + Overtime

**Benefits**: 25 days holiday, 4% employer pension and x4 life assurance

You may have experience of the following: Plant Technician, Maintenance Technician, Plant Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Plant Maintenance Engineer, AD, Anaerobic Digestion, Site Technician, etc.

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