Maintenance Support Operative

apartmentBiffa Waste Services placeGreat Blakenham scheduleFull-time calendar_month 

Come and start your Engineering journey and be part of the future of engineering and maintenance operations within Biffa.

Location: Ipswich

Hours of work: 5 days per week - 45 hours per week. (any 5 days between Monday to Sunday).

A quick look at the role

This role involves assisting engineers with routine maintenance, including disassembling machine parts, cleaning components, and carrying out inspections to ensure safe and efficient operation. You will help minimize downtime by supporting repairs, troubleshooting basic faults, and maintaining a clean and organised work environment.

Your core responsibilities.
  • Comply fully with all safety instructions, policies and procedure to ensure a safe working environment for yourself and all others present.
  • Work within a maintenance team and assist them in the preventative and breakdown, on all equipment on the site to reduce operational down time.
  • Learn to identify potential faults and improvement opportunities on the plant and equipment to prevent future failures or to identify more efficient methods of work.
  • Maintain the workplace, tools and engineering facilities to prevent hazard and risks in the workplace and to promote effective engineering practices.

Requirements

Our essential requirements.
  • Knowledgeable in mechanical maintenance is an advantage but not essential.
  • Being comfortable to work as part of a team while also using your own initiative to complete tasks efficiently.
  • Hands on.
  • An interest in knowing how machinery works.

Benefits

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

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.

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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