Shift Team Leader, Protos

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Who are ENCYCLIS?

ENCYCLIS, (formally known as Covanta Europe), is a leader in the energy from waste industry and we are looking for our next talented individual to join us on our continuous mission of achieving brilliant things!

We generate sustainable electricity for homes and businesses from non-recyclable waste. The ash from the process is also recycled to become building materials, and metals are recovered for re-use.

Our facilities are some of the most advanced in the world! They boast new, state of the art equipment and tools, ensuring safety is at the heart and its people are set up for success.

You will be joining a team of highly skilled, diverse individuals and a business that applauds their successes, loves idea sharing and values its people.

Nothing is more important than safety. It is the first of our company values.

A safe, healthy, risk-aware workplace improves the wellbeing of our team, our partners, the local community we serve and the planet we must protect. We set stringent standards and strive to go even further, every day.

Protos Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) will provide 500,000 tonnes of annual treatment capacity for non-recyclable waste when it becomes operational in 2026.

The facility, which is now in commissioning, is located near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, within the Protos strategic energy and resource hub.

In processing non-recyclable residual waste, the Protos ERF will generate up to 49.9 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 75,000 UK homes.

Protos ERF will be the home of the UK’s first full-scale carbon capture facility for Energy-from-Waste.

As part of a programme led by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, our Protos carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant has been selected as a lead project. Work to build the CCS plant is already underway and when it starts operating in 2029, it will prevent up to 370,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere – the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road.

Encyclis also operates facilities in Bedford and Loughborough, with another facility under construction in Walsall.

Join us in our mission to create a sustainable future by applying for a position  part of the innovative Protos team and help shape the future of energy recovery.

We encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early if we receive a high number of applications.

Reporting directly to the Operations Manager, the Shift Team Leader will coordinate and supervise the operational activities.

Championing safety, efficiency and compliance with the Encyclis procedures and ensuring the facility remains operationally compliant with the environmental permit at all times. The Shift Team Leader is

also responsible for the Health and Safety of all site staff, contractors and visitors under their supervision at Protos ERF (Energy Recovery Facility).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the operations team to include Shift and Assistant Plant Operators, closely supporting the Dayshift Supervisor and Day Operators and any additional agency or contract workers required for the safe and effective operation of the facility.
• Perform supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Encyclis policies, procedures and legislation.
• Support recruitment and training requirements and carryout periodic performance appraisals for direct reports.
• Operate the facility in a safe and environmentally compliant manner whilst ensuring efficient operation on a shift rotation basis, to include night and weekend shift working.
• Prioritise work loads to ensure maximum process efficiency.
• Manage the general well-being of your direct reports.
• Organise shift cover when required, ensuring shift complement is maintained.
• Manage the daily meetings to ensure priorities have been established for health, safety, environmental and further plant defects.
• Completion of any incident reporting and carrying out follow-up investigations as necessary.
• Management responsibilities for direct reports to…