Assistant Plant Operator

Assistant Plant Operator – Energy from Waste

£44,000 + bonus + private medical + pension

Dunbar, Scotland

SCINERGY Recruitment are recruiting for an Assistant Plant Operator to join the operations team at an established Energy from Waste power station in Dunbar.

This is a hands-on operational role supporting the safe, reliable and efficient day-to-day running of the facility. Working under the direction of the Shift Team Leader, you will carry out operational activities across the boiler house, turbine hall and wider plant while helping to maximise availability and minimise downtime.

The role will involve:

• Conducting routine plant walk-arounds, inspections and equipment monitoring
• Checking plant performance and reporting defects or abnormal operating conditions
• Carrying out first-line mechanical and electrical maintenance where trained
• Operating mobile plant, weighbridges and overhead travelling cranes
• Coordinating the safe delivery and unloading of lime, carbon, ammonia, gas oil and other consumables
• Assisting with plant start-ups, shutdowns and planned outage activities
• Supporting loading, unloading and general site operational activities
• Updating shift logs and providing accurate handovers to the incoming shift
• Working in accordance with plant procedur...