Operations Manager
Listed on 2026-10-25
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Management
Operations Management, Project & Program Management -
Engineering
Operations Management
Astute Technical Recruitment are working with an industry leader within Waste & Energy from Waste and are looking for an Operations Manager to lead the Operations Team, managing the day to day activities and ultimately ensuring that the plant is operated in a safe and efficient manner resulting in the achievement of production targets.
The site currently burns approximately 160,000 tonnes of refuse derived fuel per year, producing steam which is exported to a local site for power generation and use within the district heating scheme.
Responsibilities and duties:As the Operations 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 EfW plant 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 such as contractors, principal client and the environmental agency
- Deputising for the General Manager and Maintenance Manager when required
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
- HV Senior Authorised Person will be highly desirable
The Operations Manager role would suit someone with:
- Supervisory or management experience in an operations role on a power station or similar heavy process environment such as Power Generation (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, Coal, etc), Paper Mills, Refineries, Petrochemical, etc.
- Prior experience of contract management and budget responsibility
- Good leadership experience and proven ability to lead large teams
- Competitive salary
- Bonus Opportunity
- Comprehensive benefits package
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