# Shift Fabricator / Mechanical Engineer

**Company**: Biffa Waste Services
**Location**: London, Greater London
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £51,751.70 per annum
**Category**: Engineering

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## Description

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Shift Maintenance Engineer / Fabricator to support the performance and reliability of our operations in Edmonton.

As a Shift Fabricator / Mechanical Engineer, you will play a crucial role in maintaining high engineering standards, reducing downtime, and ensuring all maintenance work is completed safely and efficiently.

Your core responsibilities include:

- Delivering high levels of plant availability through effective maintenance, fabrication, and rapid breakdown response

- Diagnosing mechanical faults quickly and carrying out efficient repairs to minimise operational downtime

- Supporting and delivering planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules across site equipment and machinery

- Carrying out fabrication, welding, cutting, and modification work to repair, maintain, or improve plant, machinery, and associated equipment

- Manufacturing, repairing, and modifying metal components, brackets, guards, supports, and other plant parts as required

- Identifying recurring faults and helping develop long-term engineering solutions, fabrication improvements, and process enhancements

- Carrying out mechanical maintenance, fitting, fabrication, and repair work on plant and equipment in line with operational priorities

- Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, sketches, and technical specifications to support maintenance and fabrication activities

- Liaising with external contractors and suppliers regarding specialist maintenance, fabrication, and repair activities

- Maintaining high standards of health & safety, compliance, and housekeeping at all times

- Ensuring engineering and fabrication activities comply with company procedures and current legislation

- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to improve reliability, operational efficiency, and plant performance

The successful candidate will have:

- Engineering or fabrication qualification, such as Level 3 City & Guilds, NVQ or equivalent

- Strong mechanical maintenance and/or fabrication experience within an industrial environment

- Experience carrying out fault finding, repairs, and preventative maintenance on production or processing equipment, and/or fabrication and welding repairs

- Practical experience in fabrication, metalwork, welding, and the repair or modification of metal components would be advantageous

- Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced operational environment

- A proactive approach to problem-solving, with the ability to work independently and as part of a wider engineering team

Desirable qualifications include:

- HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering

- IOSH Managing Safely qualification

- Additional welding, fabrication, or coded welding qualifications

In return for your hard work, we offer:

- Competitive salary + London Weighting Allowance

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- mechanical maintenance
- fabrication
- welding
- fault finding
- problem-solving

### Nice to have
- HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering
- IOSH Managing Safely qualification
- additional welding, fabrication, or coded welding qualifications

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