Operations Manager - New Build Energy from Waste

Astute People is hiring an Operations Manager for a new Energy from Waste Power Station in Tilbury, Essex. The role offers a salary up to £75,000 plus benefits and involves overseeing plant operations, managing staff, ensuring compliance with regulations, and liaising with stakeholders. Candidates should have engineering management experience, ideally in power generation, and relevant qualifications. This is a full-time position based on-site.
Astute's Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for an Operations Manager to join their brand-new Energy from Waste Power Station in Tilbury, Essex.

The vital Operations Manager role comes with a salary of up to c.£75,000 + £4,694 location allowance + bonus + PMI + other benefits.

The plant is currently in construction phase and as Operations Manager, you will play a critical role to recruit the full Operations Team through the mobilisation period through to full operational handover from the EPC contractor.

If you're an Operations Manager, or an experienced Shift Team Leader, and are looking to work for a leading organisation who invests in training and professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the Plant Manager you will be responsible for:

Overall responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of the plant

The day-to-day management of 20 + operations staff including shift teams and operations day staff

Ensuring the facility operates and complies within environmental regulations at all times

Liaising with the Maintenance Manager and other relevant personnel regarding projects maintenance, outages, and programming of plant improvements

Overseeing 3rd party contractors

Preparing the annual budget for the operations department for review and work within this budget

Liaising with company directors and managers as well as external stakeholders

Working with the Plant Manager and Maintenance Manager in the recruitment of staff - including the full operations team

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

Ideally having a HNC minimum qualification in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation, etc

Ideally a formal health and safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH

Experience, knowledge and personal skills:

The Operations Manager role would suit someone who has:

Prior experience of operational / engineering management experience on a large process plant, ideally Power Generation - Candidates from other sources of Power, Utilities, Refineries, Petrochemical, COMAH etc will also be considered

Prior experience of contract management and budget responsibility

Good leadership experience and proven ability to lead large teams

Prior mobilisation experience of an EFW Power Station will be highly beneficial

Salary and benefits of the Operations Manager role

Basic salary of c.£75,000

South East living allowance of £4,694 per annum

Bonus

Other excellent benefits

INDPOW

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful