Plant Manager

Astute's Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for a Plant Manager to join their brand-new Energy from Waste Power Station in Tilbury, Essex.

The vital Plant Manager role comes with a salary of up to c.£90,000 + c.£8,000 car allowance per annum + excellent bonus + private healthcare + other benefits.

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

If you're a Plant Manager, or experienced Operations/Engineering Manager, 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 Head of Operations, you will be responsible for:
Guide the plant through the full mobilisation phase including construction, commissioning through to full operational handover
Implementing & maintaining the relevant management systems to operate this new Energy from Waste plant including identifying process improvements to maximise opportunity and resole root causes of issues as they arise.
Play a pivotal role in the recruitment of the full Operations and Maintenance Team.
Ensure plant availability, waste throughput and energy production targets are being met
Full site compliance for all health, safety, environmental and quality issues including overseeing permits, audits, inspections & ISO compliance (OHSAS
18001, ISO
9001, ISO
14001)
Liaise with key stakeholders (Local Authority, Environment Agency, HSE etc) including the EPC Contractor for identifying build issues and regular Construction meetings.
Full P&L responsibility for the site relating to CAPEX and OPEX budgets

Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
Ideally qualified with a degree in a relevant engineering field
Would be highly beneficial to have an IOSH or NEBOSH Health and Safety Qualification

Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge

The Plant Manager role would suit someone who has:
Prior senior management experience within a heavy process engineering environment such as Power (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, Coal, etc), Refineries, Petrochemicals, COMAH sites, etc.
Mobilisation experience of a power generation site will be highly advantageous
Excellent leadership skills with proven experience in successfully achieving plant KPI's.
Familiar with Engineering standards and legislation such as PSSR, LOLER, PUWER etc.
Budget/Commercial/Strategic experience.

Salary and benefits of the Plant Manager role
A basic salary of c.£90,000
Excellent Bonus %
Car allowance of c.£8,000 per annum
Private healthcare
Other excellent benefits

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.

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