Operations Manager

Location: Beddington North

Astute's Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for an Operations Manager to join their modern Energy from Waste Power Station in Croydon, South London.

The vital Operations Manager role comes with a basic salary of up to c.£75,000 + £4,694 London location allowance + bonus + private medical + benefits.

If you're an Operations Manager, or experience Shift Team Leader, 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 of the Operations Manager role

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will be responsible for:

The overall safe and efficient operation of the plant
The day-to-day leadership of circa 20 operations staff including shift teams and operations day staff
Ensuring the power station operates and complies within environmental regulations at all times
Liaising with the Maintenance Manager and other relevant personnel regarding projects, maintenance, outages, costing and programming of plant improvements
The day-to-day monitoring of plant efficiency and directing the operations staff to optimise the power station accordingly
Preparing the annual budget for the Operations department for review and work within this budget
Carry out annual performance reviews with operations staff

Professional qualifications

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 A formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH

Personal Skills, Prior Experience and Knowledge

The Operations Manager role would suit someone who has:

Prior experience of operational / engineering management experience on a large process plant, ideally Power Generation - Candidates from other sources of Power, Utilities, Refineries, Petrochemical, COMAH etc will also be considered
Prior experience of contract management and budget responsibility
Good leadership experience and proven ability to lead large teams

Salary and benefits of the Operations Manager role

A starting basic salary of up to c.£75,000 (DoE)
£4,694 Location allowance
Bonus
Private medical
Other company benefits
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