Biogas Plant Manager

ASTUTE Technical Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bioenergy firm in Northern Ireland is seeking a skilled Plant Manager to oversee operations at their Lisburn facility. The role involves managing day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and developing the site team. Successful candidates will have a background in plant management, strong leadership skills, and experience in green energy production. This full-time position offers a competitive salary ranging from £60,000 to £75,000, alongside a range of benefits such as pension contributions and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Life assurance

Certified training

Career progression

Qualifications

• Experience in plant or operations management within production, processing, or green energy environments.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety standards.
• Proven ability to manage KPIs, budgets, P&L, and CAPEX.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations of the anaerobic digestion facility.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety and environmental standards.
• Manage site teams to meet performance targets.
• Oversee plant maintenance and reliability.
• Integrate production schedules with logistics operations.

Skills

Plant management experience

Health and safety knowledge

KPI management

Data analysis skills

Leadership skills

Tools

CMMS

Performance monitoring tools

Job description

Astute’s Renewables Team is partnering with a leading bioenergy power its fleet of gas powered vehicles through a state of the art biogas production facility to recruit a Plant Manager for its Lisburn, Northern Ireland site.

This strategically important Plant Manager role comes with a salary of 60,000-75,000, pension scheme, additional annual leave, life assurance, certified training, and long-term career progression.

If you’re a Plant Manager with experience in production, processing, or green energy environments and are looking to join an organisation that prioritises safety, compliance, operational excellence, and sustainability, then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties of the Plant Manager role

Reporting to the Group Directorship, you will:

• Lead and manage day-to-day operations of an anaerobic digestion and biomethane/CNG production facility
• Ensure full compliance with health & safety, environmental permits, and regulatory requirements
• Manage and develop site teams, contractors, and technical personnel to meet operational and performance targets
• Oversee plant maintenance, reliability, and asset performance, ensuring minimal downtime
• Manage production schedules to meet demand and integrate with wider transport and logistics operations
• Ensure emissions monitoring, waste management, and digestate quality testing meet PAS110 and regulatory standards
• Lead audits, inspections, and corrective actions to maintain continuous compliance
• Support future projects, plant upgrades, and strategic business growth initiatives
• Maintain accurate operational records, KPI reporting, trend analysis, and P&L accountability
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to maximise efficiency, productivity, and gas output

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Experience in plant or operations management within production, processing, or green energy environments
• Strong knowledge of health & safety
• Proven ability to manage KPIs, budgets, P&L, CAPEX, and operational reporting
• Experience with CMMS, data analysis, and performance monitoring tools

Personal skills

The Plant Manager role would suit someone who is:

• A confident and hands‑on leader with the ability to motivate and develop teams
• Highly organised with strong time management and decision‑making skills
• Data‑driven, analytical, and comfortable presenting information to senior stakeholders
• Proactive, forward‑thinking, and focused on long‑term operational improvement
• Flexible in approach to working hours and operational demands
• A strong communicator who can build effective relationships across the business

Salary and benefits of the Plant Manager role

• 60,000- 75,000
• Matched pension contribution
• Enhanced annual leave with service
• Life assurance and death‑in‑service cover
• Certified training and professional development
• Clear career progression opportunities
• Additional company benefits

INDREN

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.