O&M Reliability Manager

Astute's Power Team is partnered with a global company, to recruit for an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Reliability Manager to assist with the UK, and occasionally global, O&M matters across the fleet of Energy from Waste Power Stations.

The vital O&M Reliability Manager role comes with a competitive salary + Car Allowance + Bonus + Private Medical + travel expenses + other benefits. This is a hybrid role which will involve travel across the UK as well as international travel.

If you're an experienced Plant, Operations, Engineering/Maintenance Manager, who would like to work for a company who invest in professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the O&M/Performance Director, you will be responsible for:

• Perform independent audits and inspections across O&M sites, delivering comprehensive reports, improvement initiatives, and practical recommendations to strengthen operational reliability, maintenance efficiency, and asset health.
• Maintain full compliance of operational and maintenance activities with legal, corporate, client, HSEQ, and industry standards, while fostering a proactive culture of safety, discipline, and ongoing improvement.
• Assess plant performance, maintenance practices, equipment condition, and reliability data to detect risks, optimise asset efficiency, and drive preventative and predictive maintenance efforts.
• Design and execute operational assurance and reliability programmes for EfW, Biomass, Renewable Gas, Biogas/AD, and industrial process plants, ensuring standardised practices and effective resolution of performance gaps.
• Contribute to major incident investigations, behavioural safety programmes, and cross-site knowledge sharing, providing regular operational and reliability insights to senior management and Group HSE teams

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally a Degree in a relevant Engineering subject - those with HND/HNCs will also be considered
• A formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH will be advantageous but not a necessity
• A full UK driving licence is a necessity given the nature of the role with travel

Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge

The O&M Reliability Manager would suit someone who has:

• Prior Senior Management experience within the O&M Team of a Power Station (ideally EfW) - those with significant Operations/Engineering Management will also be considered
• Strong understanding of critical plant including boiler systems, steam cycles, rotating plant, etc.
• Proven background in operations, maintenance, reliability, asset integrity or operational assurance roles
• Good financial and commercial acumen

Salary and benefits of the O&M Reliability Manager role

• A competitive basic salary
• Car allowance
• Travel expenses
• Bonus
• Private healthcare
• Other 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.

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