Engineering Manager
About the job
- Proven engineering or maintenance management experience.
- Strong health and safety leadership experience in an industrial environment.
- A coaching and developmental leadership style.
- Commercial awareness with an understanding of operating expenditure and capital expenditure.
- Confidence communicating at all levels.
- A structured, calm, and decisive approach.
- Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering accountability and high performance.
- Create, embed, and maintain a strong safety culture, ensuring full compliance with engineering and health and safety standards.
- Drive asset reliability through effective preventative maintenance and maintain preventative maintenance compliance consistently above 95%.
- Reduce breakdowns and reactive maintenance to improve 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.
- Own engineering operating expenditure, contribute to capital expenditure planning, embed engineering standards, and ensure best practice is consistently applied.
- Be accountable for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance of all site assets at Aldridge PRF.
- Ensure engineering operates as a trusted partner to Operations and contributes to overall site performance.
About the company
Biffa Waste Services is a UK-based integrated waste management provider that handles waste collection, recycling, and disposal for businesses. Its services are tailored contracts that cover the full lifecycle of waste, from on-site collection to sorting, treatment, and final disposal. The company operates an extensive UK infrastructure and invests in energy recovery facilities and advanced recycling technologies to recover value from waste and reduce environmental impact. Unlike smaller, niche operators, Biffa differentiates itself through its scale, UK focus, and ability to offer end-to-end solutions under strict regulatory and governance standards. The overarching goal is to advance the circular economy by turning waste into usable materials or energy while delivering reliable, cost-effective solutions for commercial clients and driving sustainable long-term growth.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
Founded
1912
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What believers are saying
- Wirral’s £348.6 million contract can extend Biffa operations through 2043.
- Suffolk’s £12 million MRF upgrade strengthens long-term treatment capacity from 2026.
- Argyll and Bute renewed Biffa for five years, starting spring 2027.
What critics are saying
- Court dismissed Biffa’s £51.4 million Scottish DRS claim on 16 January 2026.
- Biffa loses money if councils shift to insourced depots and competitive rebids.
- Scotland’s landfill ban and 2027 Simpler Recycling force costly capex fast.
What makes Biffa Waste Services unique
- Biffa runs municipal networks plus treatment assets across 25-year council relationships.
- Energy Capital Partners funded Biffa’s 2023 buyout, enabling acquisition-led scaling.
- Biffa owns infrastructure for Scotland, Suffolk, Wirral, and Argyll and Bute contracts.
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↑ 16%Biffa secures new five-year Argyll and Bute waste contract. Be the first to share! Post Views: 161 WASTE management and recycling company BIFFA is set to continue managing key waste facilities across Argyll and Bute after securing a new five-year contract with the council. The agreement will extend a relationship stretching back more than 25 years and will see the waste management company continue operating five waste transfer stations and five household waste recycling centres across the area. The new contract is due to begin in spring 2027, following a six-month extension to the existing waste management agreement, and includes the option of a further two-year extension. Biffa will also be responsible for managing the closure and restoration of Argyll and Bute's two remaining active landfill sites. The council has been working towards replacing its long-running waste Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract, which was originally established in September 2001. Council papers previously confirmed that officers had been working with legal, procurement, finance and waste management specialists to procure a replacement arrangement. Biffa became involved in the existing contract following its takeover of Renewis UK municipal operations. Argyll and Bute Council noted that change of operator in June 2024. Under the latest agreement, Biffa says it plans to invest in a new vehicle fleet as well as measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions and improving the sustainability of its operations. Keith Sinfield, Biffa's Managing Director of Treatment, said the company was pleased to continue working with the council. "We're delighted to continue our partnership with Argyll and Bute Council," he said. "Over the past 25 years, we have worked together through significant change, most recently adapting our operations to prepare for Scotland's incoming landfill ban legislation." Managing waste across Argyll and Bute presents particular logistical challenges, with the council area encompassing remote mainland communities and inhabited islands, meaning some waste has to be transported by ferry. Andy Summers, Argyll and Bute Council's Head of Roads and Infrastructure Services, said Biffa's experience of those challenges had been important in delivering services. "We are very pleased to extend our contract with Biffa and build on the strong partnership that has developed between us," he said. "Biffa's experience of operating in Argyll and Bute, and its understanding of the challenges involved in serving our remote and rural communities, has been essential in delivering reliable and sustainable waste management services for residents and customers." The new contract comes amid major changes to the way residual waste is handled across Scotland. A ban on sending biodegradable municipal waste to landfill formally came into force on December 31, 2025. However, environmental regulator SEPA introduced a temporary regulatory position which means limited quantities can continue to be landfilled during 2026 and 2027, with full implementation expected after December 31, 2027. Like DnG Online Limited on Facebook ArgyllBute24
Recycle Week: Who is Britain's best recycler? 14 Sep 2026 Biffa launches research into the UK's great recycling generation gap Industry News New research explores whether children, parents or grandparents are leading the way on recycling as Biffa aims to inspire the next generation of environmental champions. Watch now! Children at St Nicholas CE Primary School in Wokingham are taking a Whitney the Wasteater plushie home as part of a new recycling challenge. Pupils put Whitney's Recycling Adventure to the test, taking on fun missions, meeting a real Biffa bin truck and discovering how small changes can make a big difference. As Recycle Week 2026 gets underway, Biffa has partnered with Censuswide and Mumsnet to uncover the answer to a question many families may have debated around the kitchen table: Who is Britain's best recycler? New research commissioned by Biffa and conducted by Censuswide reveals a fascinating picture of recycling habits across generations, examining whether Britain's recycling champions are grandparents with their "waste not, want not" mindset, busy parents navigating increasingly complex recycling rules, or children bringing environmental lessons home from the classroom. Some of the research lines up with data supplied by Mumsnet, who mined 60,000 conversations which showed, how recycling is at the heart of debate in family life. The research, which surveyed 3,000 UK adults and 1,000 children aged five to 16, engaged families across the country and highlights the growing role younger generations are playing in shaping household recycling behaviours.
Biffa Silver Award. * August 12, 2026 Andusia Recovered Fuels Limited is thrilled to present its partner, Biffa, with its Silver Award! Together, Andusia Recovered Fuels Limited has reached a major milestone: successfully diverting over 100,000 tonnes of RDF (Refuse-Derived Fuel) away from UK landfill and into sustainable Energy-from-Waste (EfW). Tackling residual waste at this scale takes true operational dedication. This Silver Award celebrates the hard work, reliability, and collaborative spirit of the entire Biffa team. Andusia Recovered Fuels Limited has been working together since 2020, so a big thank you to everyone involved over the past 6 years! Andusia Recovered Fuels Limited were very happy to present the award to Mitchell Fisher and Dorota Dzuiba last week, a specific thank you to them for hosting its visit.
Wirral Council gives Biffa £350m bin collector contract. By Andrew Spence, Local Democracy Reporter A Biffa van (Image: Connect Group) A NEW multi-year contract that could be worth up to nearly £350m has secured the future of vital services across Wirral. Wirral Council has awarded a new contract bin collection and street cleansing services which could last until 2043. The contract has been awarded to Biffa Waste Services Ltd, on an initial eight year deal, with scope for the contract to be extended by a further eight years. Over 16 years, the deal would be worth £348.6m. The council provides refuse and recycling collections for approximately 153,000 households in the borough. A council report explains that since 2006, refuse collection and most street cleansing services in Wirral have been provided through a contract with Biffa. The current contract will end in August 2027. The awarding of the new contract was agreed by the council's policy and resources committee after the issue was referred from the the environment, climate emergency and transport committee last month following two years of scrutiny. The council received interest from four companies in the contract, Biffa and three others. The four were whittled down to a two-name shortlist of Biffa and another company. The report to the committee explains the council was then informed that the other company would be withdrawing from the procurement process, leaving just Biffa. In addition to the new contract being awarded to Biffa, the council committee agreed to authorise the council's director of operations to negotiate and finalise terms for the council to buy the Dock Road South depot off Biffa. Once the council owns the site, Biffa will continue to operate at the depot by way of lease. Read More: Discussing the contract during the committee meeting, Cllr Steve Foulkes said: "My belief is that what we've got on the table is excellent. One of the services every single individual receives and judges us on is the refuse contract." Cllr Jo Bird asked officers on what basis would the contract be reviewed after eight years, when the council would be set to decide whether to activate the option for a further eight years. Cllr Bird was told the performance and value for money of the service would be assessed. More Stories
Design Skills for Embedding Circularity: CIWM & URGE Collective prepare for design sprint. Circular Economy, Resource Management, Sustainability 2nd June 2026 CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) Design Council, WRAP, and URGE Collective, have partnered with waste management company Biffa and retail business Decathlon for the next phases of the Design Skills for embedding circularity programme. The Design Skills for Embedding Circularity pilot programme is now gearing up for a design sprint that will focus on 'designing out waste'. An intensive 6-week deep dive, exploring challenges and barriers to circularity through both business, design and waste and resources lenses. The Sprint is part of an innovative pilot project funded by CIWM that links professional designers with resources and waste operators to embed designing out waste principles into everyday design practice. The design cohort have spent the last four months visiting industrial waste facilities guided by circular economy expert Sophie Thomas. They have observed technical processes and met waste resource experts across the country, including at Sherbourne Recycling's Super MRF, SWEEEP's waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling plant, DS Smith's largest UK recycled papermill, Enfinium's energy from waste plant, Biffa's Edmonton MRF, Enovert's landfill sites in Gloucestershire, and SUEZ's Renew Hub in Manchester. They have also visited Decathlon's London HQ, and Allermuir's furniture remanufacturing hub in Manchester to explore how circular business models are being realised. Each site visit and expert session revealed myth busting facts concerning how products are designed and manufactured for recovery, reuse or recycling and the barriers to circularity. These insights range from: the amount of lost material at the MRF stage from size or material complexity, coloured PET ruling out recycling, problematic waste arriving at MRFs including vapes, textiles, nappies, cookware, and the extremely limited intervention points for repair or reuse between user and industrial waste sorting. Dan Cooke, Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs at CIWM, said that policy is moving in the right direction and will 'increasingly nudge' businesses towards circular models. "However, a vital element for progress is cross-sector collaboration and expertise - designers who understand what happens to a product at end of life, and resources and waste professionals who can influence design thinking upstream," Cooke continued. "These connections are important in helping to move the world beyond waste. In just a few weeks, this cohort is moving from waste facility floor to design studio, and knowledge is now being applied to live challenges from Biffa and Decathlon."