Mechanical Shift Technician Team Leader - RotherhamIn this role, you’ll take the lead on mechanical maintenance inspections and routine repairs across the site, focusing on static plant and machinery to ensure maximum reliability, safety, and minimal downtime on critical assets. Working within a small, flexible team, you’ll be ready to step beyond core duties when needed, contributing to a proactive and supportive working environment. You’ll uphold SHEQ standards at all times, including reporting close calls and incidents, while actively supporting best practice through regular audits and continuous improvement initiatives. Building strong relationships with the management team and colleagues, you’ll stay aligned with evolving company standards and legislation, all while playing a key role in improving productivity and plant availability.Key Responsibilities:Diagnosis of running faults and ensuring effective repairs and improvements are conducted within minimum time scale.Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance practices.Carrying out plant upgrades and modifications to the required standards.Reporting through computerised maintenance management system all work carried out.Development and implementation of the programme of planned preventative maintenance and inspection to minimise downtime, provide records of recurrent faulting and engineered solutions to these issues.Anticipate machine failures and make such changes or recommendations to prevent reoccurrence to reduce downtime to a minimum.Ensuring SHEQ standards are strictly maintained, and all related documentation is completed.Supporting initiatives and being proactive in the development of equipment, practices, and systems.Assist the maintenance department in identifying annual lifecycle requirements, preparation of capital applications and business case papers for non-lifecycle capital purchases.Essential criteria:Recognised Apprenticeship, Multi Skilled Engineer with relevant qualifications ONC/NVQ 3 discipline level (MECH Bias)Ability to work at height – the role involves a great deal of planned & reactive maintenance on conveyors, magnet belts, eddy current separators in enclosed/restricted spaces & working on overhead cranesExperience of maintaining and working on Overhead CranesWaste Processing equipment knowledgeProven track record of delivering continuous improvement within an operational environmentIT literate – comfortable using business software and systemsExperience of FMCG type environmentProven engineering background
Mechanical Shift Technician Team Leader - Rotherham
In this role, you’ll take the lead on mechanical maintenance inspections and routine repairs across the site, focusing on static plant and machinery to ensure maximum reliability, safety, and minimal downtime on critical assets. Working within a small, flexible team, you’ll be ready to step beyond core duties when needed, contributing to a proactive and supportive working environment. You’ll uphold SHEQ standards at all times, including reporting close calls and incidents, while actively supporting best practice through regular audits and continuous improvement initiatives. Building strong relationships with the management team and colleagues, you’ll stay aligned with evolving company standards and legislation, all while playing a key role in improving productivity and plant availability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Diagnosis of running faults and ensuring effective repairs and improvements are conducted within minimum time scale.
- Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance practices.
- Carrying out plant upgrades and modifications to the required standards.
- Reporting through computerised maintenance management system all work carried out.
- Development and implementation of the programme of planned preventative maintenance and inspection to minimise downtime, provide records of recurrent faulting and engineered solutions to these issues.
- Anticipate machine failures and make such changes or recommendations to prevent reoccurrence to reduce downtime to a minimum.
- Ensuring SHEQ standards are strictly maintained, and all related documentation is completed.
- Supporting initiatives and being proactive in the development of equipment, practices, and systems.
- Assist the maintenance department in identifying annual lifecycle requirements, preparation of capital applications and business case papers for non-lifecycle capital purchases.
Essential criteria:
- Recognised Apprenticeship, Multi Skilled Engineer with relevant qualifications ONC/NVQ 3 discipline level (MECH Bias)
- Ability to work at height – the role involves a great deal of planned & reactive maintenance on conveyors, magnet belts, eddy current separators in enclosed/restricted spaces & working on overhead cranes
- Experience of maintaining and working on Overhead Cranes
- Waste Processing equipment knowledge
- Proven track record of delivering continuous improvement within an operational environment
- IT literate – comfortable using business software and systems
- Experience of FMCG type environment
- Proven engineering background
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 servicesOur VisionTo be the leader in UK sustainable waste management.Our PurposeWe'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.
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.
