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Maintenance Supervisor - Shift
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Electrical Maintenance Shift Supervisor – Redcar
Location: Redcar
Salary: £48,987.12 p/a + 2% shift allowance
Working hours: 4 x 12-hour day shifts (7am–7pm), followed by 4 days off
About the Role
Join Biffa and shape the future of engineering and maintenance operations.
We are seeking an experienced Electrical Maintenance Shift Supervisor to lead and support our electrical engineering function at our Redcar facility.
This is a hands-on supervisory role, focusing on:
- Ensuring plant reliability and operational uptime
- Driving high engineering standards across the site
- Coordinating day-to-day maintenance activities
- Promoting a proactive engineering culture
- Supporting a safe, efficient, and compliant engineering team
- Enhancing site performance through continuous improvement
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate electrical engineering and maintenance activities across the site
- Drive plant availability through effective planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance management
- Lead the engineering team during breakdowns, ensuring faults are diagnosed and resolved efficiently and safely
- Ensure all engineering tasks are completed in line with company procedures and compliance standards
- Identify recurring faults and implement long-term solutions and continuous improvement initiatives
- Monitor engineering performance and support best practice development
- Liasise with external contractors and suppliers for specialist maintenance work
- Work with engineering planning, permit systems, and maintenance scheduling
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping, health & safety, and environmental compliance
- Provide leadership, guidance, and support to engineers, electricians, and operatives
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Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- NVQ Level 3 in Engineering (electrical bias preferred)
- Previous experience in a supervisory or lead electrical engineering role in an industrial or production environment
- Strong background in maintaining production machinery and electrical systems
- Experience with fault finding on PLCs, VSDs, and relay logic circuits
- Understanding of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) systems
- Excellent communication and team leadership skills
Desired Competencies
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement
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Why Join Biffa?
Competitive Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Ongoing career development, training, and coaching
- Generous pension scheme
- Medical and dental scheme
- Retail and leisure discounts
- Holiday and travel discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
What Drives Us
Making Waste Work
At Biffa, we turn waste into sustainable power, new materials, and clean streets. Our 11,500+ employees across the UK strive to make our operations more efficient, sustainable, and rewarding.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We champion a culture where different ideas, skills, and backgrounds create innovation. Being inclusive is core to who we are – we believe a diverse team delivers the best results.
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