Maintenance Supervisor

2 months ago


Leicester, United Kingdom Biffa Waste Services Full time

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 11,500+ 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.

Monday to Friday - 45 hours per week.

A quick look at the role.

The Supervisor at Biffa is responsible for overseeing and guiding the engineering team to achieve optimal performance. This role requires effectively addressing operational engineering needs and efficiently managing workloads to minimise downtime. It demands a combination of technical expertise, project management skills, and the ability to lead the team towards operational excellence.

You will support the work of others through developing their skills & implementing best practice. Your work will support the continuous improvement of a safe and high performing culture within the engineering teams.

Accepting applications from:

  • Lead Engineers
  • Engineering Team Leaders
  • Chief Engineers
  • Maintenance Supervisors

Why it’s an opportunity not to be wasted.

  • Take responsibility for day-to-day engineering functions ensuring prioritisation of the engineering teams' workload.
  • Control/ Develop/ Improve a planned preventative maintenance and inspection programme to minimise downtime, provide records of recurrent faulting and develop engineered solutions.
  • Provide high operational availability, and an efficient breakdown repair service. Diagnosis running faults and ensuring effective repairs and improvements are conducted within minimum time scale.
  • Ensure productivity and availability exceeds minimum defined standards, whilst driving best practice and continuous improvement in cost control and processing operations.
  • To liaise with external contractors on specific repairs/maintenance work in accordance with Group procedures. 6. Control plant maintenance, spares, and consumable costs in line with budget, ensuring critical stock levels are maintained
  • Manage shift handovers to ensure effective communication of works orders and priorities.
  • Keep abreast of changes to health & safety and environmental legislation and Company policies to ensure defined standards and best practice are implemented.
  • Ensure compliance with all Company policies, processes, and procedures.
  • Review maintenance activities, implementing necessary corrective actions as required.
  • Responsible for monitoring and controlling engineering team shift coverage, holidays, and absence reporting
  • To carry out any other such reasonable job-related tasks as the Company may require.

Requirements

Here's what we require.

  • Level 3 Qualified Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
  • Previous leadership experience
  • CMMS experience
  • Budget / P&L management skills

Benefits

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

  • Competitive salary.
  • 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.
  • Bike to work scheme.

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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