Plant; Facility Manager - Energy from Waste

Plant (Facility) Manager - Energy from Waste Walsall

ENCYCLIS is dedicated to the safe, efficient and sustainable recovery of energy from waste. We develop and operate energy recovery facilities that bring together technical expertise and state‑of‑the‑art equipment to optimise efficiency, performance and safety. Our state‑of‑the‑art facilities take residual waste that would otherwise be landfilled and process it into sustainable baseload electricity, heat and other practical resources to accelerate the circular economy of the future.

Construction on our Walsall site is progressing well and the site will join our other plants in 2026, including Rookery, Newhurst and Protos. Together these plants give us a strong operational presence in the Midlands and the North‑West of England and will offer opportunities to deliver operational synergies across the fleet.

• Safety, Health and Environmental Excellence
• Work closely with the regional compliance, health and safety team on all compliance matters.
• Take an active role in improving the safety culture and ensuring that the Safety Rules and SHE programs, policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental regulatory requirements.
• Use performance KPIs and audits to measure and improve performance and compliance.
• Accountable for effective management of Change (MOC) including compliance in the Facility Change Notification (FCN).
• Lead crisis management and provide immediate leadership to assist with the control of the crisis and its recovery to normal operations once a crisis is contained.
• Team
  • Recruit and develop the new plant team.
  • Drive a high-performance and inclusive culture by ensuring the right talent is recruited, in the right roles, and is delivering high quality results.
  • Ensure that the training and development of staff is conducted in an efficient and timely manner, including ensuring any mandatory training or role‑required training is completed and documented.
• Day to Day Operational Leadership
  • Implement and improve upon the “One Encyclis” initiative which aims to ensure consistency of standards and share ideas across the fleet.
  • Deliver the agreed annual plant production and KPI targets, whilst working safely.
  • Ensure a consistent and integrated approach to the operation and maintenance of the plant through effective planning, excellent communication, and sharing of information and processes, development of contingency plans and follow‑through on effective execution of plans.
  • Oversee plant production and equipment availability, collaborating with staff to identify operating deficiencies and coordinate with Corporate and Regional teams to develop and implement effective operating plans.
  • Ensure accuracy and consistency of reporting metrics (e.g., production, operating statistics, staffing costs and other operating expenses) and use the data to improve performance.
  • Oversee day to day maintenance activities to drive plant maintenance improvements (process, system utilisation, execution and quality).
  • Ensure outage planning and execution is managed, oversee preventative maintenance and reliability programs and oversee the site Long‑Term Maintenance plan (LTMP).
  • Communicate, implement, and maintain “best practices” and procedures to drive the definition and utilisation of common KPIs to measure operating performance and improve effectiveness.
  • Act as a mentor to less experienced operations personnel, being responsive to requests for help and explanations of operations and technical risk.
  • Maintain compliance with all regulatory requirements and ethical standards related to Operations and Maintenance.
  • Lead Operational Excellence efforts creating a high performance culture.
  • Use Continuous Improvement approach to identify and implement operational improvements. Act as a champion for Continuous Improvement, including using root cause analysis methodologies.
  • Support the planning, development, and implementation of facility and system design improvements. Maintain an understanding of the technology, the business, and the competition.
  • Support Engineering and Project teams in the resolution of technical operational problems.
  • Support…