Plant Manager

Responsible for: All employees at Gladsmuir Operations Limited

Location of role
:
Levenseat, Forth, Lanark

Package: To be discussed at interview

• Delivery of operational performance at Gladsmuir Operations Limited that meets or exceeds the expectations of the CEL Board of Directors and, at a minimum, meets the requirements of the contract with the asset owner.
• Delivery of operational and maintenance activities at Gladsmuir Operations Limited in accordance with all statutory legislation and CEOSL EH&S regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Continuous development of a proactive EH&S culture at aligned with all operating companies within CEOSL, in close co-ordination with the CEL Q&E and H&S team, including continuous improvement in performance and reporting.
• Work with the operational teams of CEOSL and the wider Cobalt Group to improve the overall operational efficiency, reliability and output of Gladsmuir Operations Limited, meeting or exceeding all key performance indicators, to maximise returns to the client.

• Delivery of best practice Health and Safety performance and compliance with legislation and key policies/procedures, as a minimum.
• Ensure all assigned QEHS actions and non-conformances are managed and closed out.
• Manage operations in line with ISO certifications.
• Manage operations ensuring compliant environmental performance in line with legislation and environmental permit conditions.

• Monitoring and reporting of contractual key performance indicators for each operating company, as defined in the respective contract for the facility, including reporting to the CEL Operations Director and/or the client.
• Identification of opportunities to improve plant performance of Gladsmuir Operations Limited including development of action plans to implement changes where required, supported by an outline justification and budget.
• Development of a proactive, focused, and competent workforce at Gladsmuir Operations Limited, to continuously improve the facility performance.
• The effective implementation of the CEL Group Health and Safety Management System, Environmental Management Systems and Quality.
• To deliver best practice H&S compliance at Gladsmuir Operations Limited, including a proactive H&S culture with which the facility staff willingly engage.
• Compliance of the facility with the Environmental Permit (EP). Including thorough investigation of any exceedances and reporting of such, where required, to the EA.
• Ensure facility KPIs, such as availability, operation performance etc. are met and/or exceeded, including accurate reporting in accordance with the owner’s and CEOSL requirements.
• Daily Management of both the EFW and MRF including supervision of the senior staff and administration functions in-line with company procedures and systems.
• Accomplish financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Supporting the facility maintenance function.
• Responsible for all external interfaces from the facility including goods and services providers, regulating authorities, interested parties, etc.
• Responsible for all effective interfaces from the facility to CEL Group functional groups (Finance, QEHS, Projects etc.)
• Daily management of the MRF to ensure waste supply into the EFW is always available, including over long weekends.
• Oversee quality and quantity of waste coming into the plant.
• Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe, secure, and legal work environment; developing personal growth opportunities. Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
• Contribute to the overall performance of the CEL/CEOSL Group through cooperation/assistance with other CEOSL plants, shared experiences, supporting initiatives that are initiated by the CEL Group.
• Work with the Cobalt Group to implement specific improvement programs as efficiently as possible.
• Participate in the preparation, planning and execution of the annual outage in cooperation with the Operations Support Manager and Outage Manager.
• Respond to and co-ordinate activities relating to unplanned outages, to return the affected plant and equipment to full operational service as safely, quickly, and efficiently as possible.
• Identify and develop opportunities to achieve synergies between all operating companies within CEOSL, including potential cost savings.
• Keep abreast of and be conversant with all relevant legislation and interpret and communicate it to all staff while giving clear guidelines in respect of appropriate action required.
• Participate in investigation activity, (FMEA, RIDDOR, near miss, etc.) as required, support roll out of lessons learned at all CEOSL…