Engineering Manager

Come and be part of the future of engineering and maintenance operations within Biffa as the Engineering Manager at our Horsham plant.

A quick look at the role.

The role of the Engineering Manager will be to inspire, coach and develop your onsite engineering team to create a safe and high performing team who maximise uptime on your site. You will be adept at managing stakeholder relationships and able to communicate effectively when the pressure is on.

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 your engineering teams.

The engineering manager is accountable to the regional engineering manager. You will be pivotal to the success of this site and be expected to quickly become an integral part of the site leadership team.

This is a high-profile role at one of the largest materials recovery facilities in the UK. The site runs 24/7 with the exception of Christmas Day.

Your core responsibilities. 

• Lead, coach and develop a multi-disciplinary engineering team, fostering accountability and high performance 

• Create, embed and maintain a strong safety culture, ensuring full compliance with all engineering and H&S standards 

• Drive asset reliability through effective preventative maintenance, maintaining PM compliance consistently above 95% 

• Reduce breakdowns and reactive maintenance, improving overall plant availability and site performance 

• Manage contractors effectively, ensuring safe systems of work and quality delivery 

• Carry out Root Cause Analysis and implement sustainable, long-term engineering solutions 

• Plan, execute and continuously improve shutdown activities to minimise downtime and risk 

• Take ownership of engineering OPEX, contribute to CAPEX planning, embed engineering standards, and ensure best practice is consistently applied 

Here’s what we require.

• Previous engineering/maintenance management experience.
• Experience of managing health and safety within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• An engineering / asset management qualification

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Budget / P&L management skills

• Comfortable with the use of all Microsoft applications and ability to use or learn to use others (Trello / Slack)

• Highly skilled manager with a coaching and developmental style. You will be confident in effectively managing the performance of others.

• We would consider candidates currently working in, or with experience equivalent to, the following job titles: Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager, Engineering & Facilities Manager, Engineering Operations Manager, Plant Engineering Manager, Asset Maintenance Manager, Reliability Manager, Technical Services Manager, Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Mechanical & Electrical Manager, Engineering Supervisor (senior level), Maintenance Operations Manager, Site Engineering Manager, Engineering Lead, Works Engineering Manager.

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 10,000+ 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.

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.