Biogas Operations Manager

Astute People; Enfield; Sur place; GBP 75 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Quarterly bonus

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Résumé du poste

Astute People are seeking an Operations Manager for an emerging anaerobic digestion business, to work between UK and Republic of Ireland sites. This permanent on-site role offers a salary up to £85,000 plus car allowance and private healthcare for you and your family.

You will lead the safe, reliable, and commercially effective operation of biogas and biomethane assets, oversee feedstock reception, digestion, upgrading, grid injections, and line up budgets and resource needs with the Head of

Qualifications

• Several years' experience in a plant management capacity across biogas, biomethane, gas processing or a closely related industry.
• Working experience of gas to grid systems, including compressors, carbon filters, heat exchangers, and gas quality monitoring systems.
• SCADA, CMMS software experience.
• A full UK driving license.

Responsabilités

• Hold accountabilities for the safe, reliable, and commercially effective operation of the anaerobic digestion, biogas, and biomethane assets.
• Lead day to day operations across feedstock reception and preparation, digestion, biogas treatment, upgrading, compressions, and grid injections as needed on site.
• Provide visible, technically credible leadership to operators, engineers and contractors
• Own the operating strategy for stable digestion and high, consistent gas yield, balancing organic loading, hydraulic retention, mixing, temperature, alkalinity and feedstock characteristics.
• Own the planned preventive maintenance programme for critical process and safety equipment, using a CMMS to control work orders, documentation, and completion.
• Prepare operating budgets and forecasts, control consumables and contractor costs, and report performance, risks and resource needs to the Head of Operations
• Other duties as required

Connaissances

Plant management

Gas to grid systems

SCADA

CMMS

UK driving licence

Formation

Engineering degree or equivalent (Desirable)

Outils

SCADA software

CMMS software

Description du poste

Astute's Renewable Energy Team has been exclusively appointed by an emerging anaerobic digestion company to recruit an Operations Manager to work between their Irish and UK sites

This permanent role is on site and offers a salary up to £85,000 plus car allowance, a quarterly bonus and private healthcare for individual and family.

If you're a plant manager or regional manager with experience in gas to grid anerobic digestion sites and want to lead the operations team at a site going through major upgrades,

Responsibilities of the Operations Manager

• Hold accountabilities for the safe, reliable, and commercially effective operation of the anaerobic digestion, biogas, and biomethane assets.
• Lead day to day operations across feedstock reception and preparation, digestion, biogas treatment, upgrading, compressions, and grid injections as needed on site.
• Provide visible, technically credible leadership to operators, engineers and contractors
• Own the operating strategy for stable digestion and high, consistent gas yield, balancing organic loading, hydraulic retention, mixing, temperature, alkalinity and feedstock characteristics.
• Own the planned preventive maintenance programme for critical process and safety equipment, using a CMMS to control work orders, documentation, and completion.
• Prepare operating budgets and forecasts, control consumables and contractor costs, and report performance, risks and resource needs to the Head of Operations
• Other duties s required

Required qualifications and experience

• Several years' experience in a plant management capacity across biogas, biomethane, gas processing or a closely related industry.
• Working experience of gas to grid systems, including compressors, carbon filters, heat exchangers, and gas quality monitoring systems.
• SCADA, CMMS software experience.
• A full UK driving license.

Desirable experience

• A degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent technical training across an engineering discipline (chemical, electrical, mechanical, or process)
• Commissioning or optimisation of a biomethane upgrade and gas injection site.

Salary and benefits

• Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 depending on experience.
• Permanent position
• Working pattern: Monday to Friday with needed overtime.
• Location: North London/Republic or Ireland.
• Benefits: A quarterly bonus
• Benefits: car allowance
• Benefits: private healthcare (individual and family cover)
• Process: A 3 stage interview process, including travel to Republic of Ireland for a face to face interview.

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation.

We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK.

Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.

We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful