Biogas Plant Manager: Lead Site Operations & Safety

Astute People; Longniddry; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Excellent benefits package

Career within renewable energy sector

Job summary

Astute People, through its Renewables Team, is recruiting a Plant Manager for a site just east of Edinburgh to lead the day-to-day operations of an anaerobic digestion plant.

You will manage a small team of Operators and contractors, drive HSE compliance, ensure correct feedstock and feedstock composition, monitor KPIs, and use SCADA for fault diagnosis and trend analysis. You’ll report to the Operations Manager and contribute to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience managing anaerobic digestion or similar heavy processing environments at a managerial level.
• Hands-on leadership with a focus on safety and operational excellence.
• Excellent computer literacy and use of SCADA systems.

Responsibilities

• The safe and efficient day to day management of an anaerobic digestion plant.
• Managing a team of three Operators as well as specialist contractors on site.
• Full HSE management of the facility.
• Ensuring that the correct feedstock with the correct composition is being fed into the plant.
• Managing site KPIs and adjusting where required.
• Looking for ways to optimise the asset and any way to generate more biogas, safely.
• Taking responsibility for the site P&L and reporting back to management.
• Liaising with and being the primary contact for the regulatory bodies, such as the EA and Ofgem.
• Using the SCADA to help diagnose any faults and performing trend analysis where appropriate.

Skills

People management

HSE awareness

Continuous improvement mindset

Computer literacy

Leadership by example

Education

Engineering qualification (chemical or mechanical)

NEBOSH

Full UK Driving Licence

Mobile Plant licence (telehandler, loading shovel)

Job description

Astute People, through its Renewables Team, is recruiting a Plant Manager for a site just east of Edinburgh to lead the day-to-day operations of an anaerobic digestion plant.

You will manage a small team of Operators and contractors, drive HSE compliance, ensure correct feedstock and feedstock composition, monitor KPIs, and use SCADA for fault diagnosis and trend analysis. You’ll report to the Operations Manager and contribute to continuous improvement.