Engineering Scheduler

Biffa Waste Services· Municipal Services
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📍 Rotherham, England, United KingdomFull time

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Engineering Scheduler

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week, Mon-Fri 5am-2pm with some flexibility

Salary: £47,613 per annum

The Engineering Scheduler is responsible for ensuring the continuity of planned and corrective work is distributed to the maintenance teams at Biffa BDR. Working closely with the Senior Team Leader, Engineering Planner and Engineering Manager, they will support in ensuring continuity in works is maintained between engineering shifts. They will have the skillset to assist with on-site maintenance work as required.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure that the plant is always maintained within prescribed Health, Safety and Environmental constraints and guidelines.

• Report and communicate incidents as per the incident reporting systems.

• Attend safety and maintenance meetings as required, roll out of site TBT and safety briefs.

• Ensure that risk assessments and method statements are produced and in place for each activity and that all document libraries are up to date.

• Ensure that all statutory and regulatory obligations are met and the annual maintenance calendar tracks inspection regimes.

• Keep up to date with any legislative changes to safety and environmental guidance and all relevant Company policies.

• Ensure site stores are maintained, controlled and audited to maintain high standards of stock control.

• The preparation of parts and equipment for on-site works.

Experience, Education & Qualifications:

Essential

• Effective diagnosis of plant downtime events, ensuring repairs are completed safely, swiftly, completely, and economically.

• Manage the site statutory requirements, LOLER, PUWER, COSHH etc.

• Deputise for department peers as required.

• Manage contract labour as required, some out of normal working hours may be required, weekend’s etc.

• Develop and manage routine maintenance programs, carry out review of existing inspections for value adding.

• Works with technical engineering support and maintenance planning to ensure that first line diagnosis and maintenance activities in conjunction with current procedures is carried out in order to preserve the highest levels of safety, environmental compliance, plant integrity and availability.

• Ensure works are carried out through standard maintenance procedures utilising the PPM process and methodology.

• Support and be accountable for ensuring maintenance KPI targets are achieved.

• Be the department lead for continuous improvement initiatives.

• Advise and make recommendations on overall spares holdings, service suppliers and develop lists of critical parts.

• Project planning and delivery.

• Assist the Engineering Maintenance Manager and the team in the development of a comprehensive set of plant maintenance procedures.

• Retain a current intelligence of relevant industrial best practice pertaining to the maintenance of the equipment at the site.

• Assist and ensure auditing and compliance documentation is completed, including the auditing of wider engineering documentation

• Any other reasonable tasks and duties as required by site management.

• Ensure site stores are maintained, controlled and audited to maintain high standards of stock control.

Preferable

• Qualified/Time served multi skilled/electrical/mechanical engineer min HNC

• Management of multi-disciplined teams

• Nebosh/IOSH certificate

• PLC /Control system/ Hydraulic/Pneumatic System knowledge

• Competence with CMMS system’s

• Process/Waste industry experience

• Continuous improvement

• Experience in the principles/practices of waste operations, operating principles of valves, pumps, motors and any other similar instrumentation, including environmental compliance

• Fire Marshal training

• First aider

• Basic plant maintenance

Biffa – we’re 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 11,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.

 

We believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment which is why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn. 

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Where is the Engineering Scheduler position at Biffa Waste Services located?
This Engineering Scheduler role at Biffa Waste Services is based in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Engineering Scheduler role at Biffa Waste Services full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a Full time position. It is posted as a Engineering Scheduler role in the Municipal Services department at Biffa Waste Services.
Which team or department does the Engineering Scheduler at Biffa Waste Services belong to?
This Engineering Scheduler position is part of the Municipal Services department at Biffa Waste Services. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
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This Engineering Scheduler position at Biffa Waste Services was posted on Jul 23, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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