Maintenance Supervisor

Join Biffa Waste Services as a Maintenance Supervisor in Ford, West Sussex. As an experienced engineering professional, you will lead and coordinate day-to-day engineering and maintenance activities, ensuring work is prioritised effectively and completed safely and efficiently.

Your core responsibilities:

• Promote and maintain a safe working environment, ensuring all safety policies and procedures are followed.
• Lead and manage a team of multi-skilled technicians and contractors, ensuring efficient operations and high-quality work.
• Support the development of team members through coaching, training and mentoring.
• Plan and prioritise maintenance activities to meet operational demands and minimise downtime.
• Diagnose and resolve machinery and equipment faults to restore functionality quickly.
• Oversee preventative and reactive maintenance across site equipment to improve reliability.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA), identifying recurring issues and implementing solutions to prevent future failures.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment performance, maintenance processes and overall operational efficiency.

Essential requirements:

• Level 3 qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong technical knowledge and experience in mechanical or electrical maintenance.
• Previous experience leading or supervising a team within an engineering, maintenance or operational environment.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate workloads in a fast-paced operational setting.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, fault diagnosis and continuous improvement.
• A strong commitment to health, safety and developing a positive team culture.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Ongoing career development, training and coaching
• Generous pension scheme
• Medical and dental scheme
• Retail and leisure discounts
• Holiday and travel discounts
• Bike to work scheme