Operation Manager – Engineering & Energy

Salary: £55-65k (Neg DOE), £6.6k car allowance, 20% discretionary bonus and excellent benefits

Hours: 40 hours per week Monday – Friday

Our Client: Is the UK leader in Environmental Solutions. They offer services and expertise in waste, water and energy management helping to build a more sustainable future. As a global organisation, their work focuses on delivering simple but innovative solutions to preserving natural resources, reducing pollution and protecting our environment.

The Site: Is an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) that operates 24 hours a day for 365 days a year (except for planned shutdowns for maintenance). It is a two-stream plant with each boiler designed to process 23.5 tonnes of rubbish per hour. It takes 350,000 tonnes of rubbish each year and converts it into electricity. It has a turbo-generator which exports 25MW to the National Grid after providing for on-site needs. The ERF also recovers several thousand tonnes a year of ferrous metals for recycling from the process.

• Manage the operational aspects of the facility and processes on site ensuring that the plant operates within the requirements of the Environmental permit and other environmental legislation.


• Work closely with the plant manager and the maintenance manager to deliver robust engineering solutions and to meet plant availability targets.


• Undertake all aspects of staff management for direct reports.


• Produce, maintain, commission and authorise site-specific risk assessments and work instructions.


• Lead by example and support the site management team to show, promote and acknowledge positive behaviours and develop a proactive safety culture.


• Deliver an effective safety and environmental compliance culture for all plant and processes on site.


• Direct the operations to deliver on financial and technical performance targets.


• Manage all material flows both in and out of the site.


• Lead and contribute to projects on site.


• Ensure downtime of the plant is minimised.


• Report on plant performance including budgets, plant availability and project progress (including outages).


• Deliver operational efficiencies and cost-saving solutions.


• Maintain and review technical, operational and financial KPI’s.


• Manage the ERF in line with ERF Safety Rules, Environmental Permit requirements and relevant ISO standards.


• Ensure required inspections are completed and actions closed out in a timely manner.


• Liaise with relevant experts within your region and across the business to design and implement technical solutions.


• Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement.


• Develop site knowledge and procedures for abnormal and emergency situations to allow effective management of such scenarios i.e. troubleshooting, breakdowns.


• Deliver technical and non-technical presentations; host visits and tours to serve current and potential customers and other interested parties.


• Manage the operation of a Clinical Waste Incinerator.


• Support the Environmental Compliance Engineer to ensure compliance with regulations relating to Clinical and Hazardous waste that is permitted to be processed on site.

Essential:

• Experience of managing a team of people including coaching and motivating.


• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent.


• Mechanical/Electrical Engineer to HNC.


• Experience of operations and site management.

Desirable:

• C&G Small Thermal Plant Operation.


• Leadership training (CMI or ILM).


• Fundamental of pressure systems.


• Boiler house water treatment.


• High voltage operational safety.


• NEBOSH Certificate.


• City and Guilds Confined Space.


• Senior Authorised Person.

25 days of holiday alongside an extensive benefits package, which includes a market-leading pension and share scheme, alongside a range of employee discounts.

Provision of mental health and financial support.

• Operation Manager


• Operations Management


• Operational Management


• Site Manager


• Site Management


• Energy from Waste


• Power Generation


• ERF


• Mechanical Engineer


• Mechanical Engineering


• Electrical Engineer


• Electrical Engineering


• M&E


• IOSH


• NEBOSH


• Thermal Plant


• Boilers


• Steam Plant

Job Reference: 887152_1677522694

Job Locations: West Midlands

Job Types: Permanent

Job Skills: Electrical, Mechanical, Operations

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