Operations Manager

Elevation Recruitment Group; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevation Recruitment Group are partnering with a leading UK renewable energy producer in Cambridgeshire to appoint an Operations Manager who will drive practical, measurable improvements across multiple plants. The role sits across sites, working with Production Managers, the Technical Director and the Compliance Manager to own all aspects of operations from people to processes, transport and costs.

The Operations Manager will first understand the plants, people and processes, then lead

Qualifications

• Significant operational experience in anaerobic digestion, recycling and waste, energy, agriculture, heavy industry or process manufacturing.
• Proven track record of improving performance, efficiency and cost across one or more sites.
• Solid working knowledge of health, safety and environmental compliance on a regulated site, COMAH awareness an advantage

Responsibilities

• Build cross functional understanding of the operation and earn trust from operators through to senior leadership before introducing change.
• Review plant performance and identify improvements to output, efficiency, yield and uptime across all sites.
• Strengthen maintenance regimes and asset reliability to reduce downtime and unplanned breakdowns.
• Use operational data and KPIs to target improvements in performance and cost.
• Scope and support capital projects and operational investments.
• Improve health, safety and environmental performance, supporting COMAH compliance with internal teams and external consultants
• Help develop an operational and SHEQ culture that keeps pace with the growth of the business

Skills

Data driven

KPI analysis

Cross-site collaboration

Operational leadership

Job description

Elevation Recruitment Group are excited to be exclusively partnered with a leading UK renewable energy producer in Cambridgeshire, who are looking to appoint an Operations Manager to drive practical, measurable improvement across their plants.

The Operations Manager sits across every site , working alongside the site Production Managers, the Technical Director and the Compliance Manager, and plays a vital role in owning all aspects of operations from people, process, transport ensuring they're working efficiently and effectively.

The operation already performs well. The Operations Manager will spend the early months understanding the plants, the people and the processes, then lead improvements in uptime, yield, asset reliability, cost and compliance that genuinely stick. The business is growing, with further plants in the pipeline, so there's real scope to shape how the operation develops from here

Working Hours:

Days based, Monday to Friday, covering multiple sites

Duties of the Operations Manager will include:

• Building a cross functional understanding of the operation and earning trust from operators through to senior leadership before introducing change
• Reviewing plant performance and identifying improvements to output, efficiency, yield and uptime across all sites
• Strengthening maintenance regimes and asset reliability to reduce downtime and unplanned breakdowns
• Using operational data and KPIs to target improvements in performance and cost
• Scoping and supporting capital projects and operational investments
• Improving health, safety and environmental performance, supporting COMAH compliance with internal teams and external consultants
• Helping develop an operational and SHEQ culture that keeps pace with the growth of the business

Requirements of the Operations Manager:

• Significant operational experience in anaerobic digestion, recycling and waste, energy, agriculture, heavy industry or process manufacturing
• Proven track record of improving performance, efficiency and cost across one or more sites
• Strong knowledge of plant performance, maintenance, asset reliability and process optimisation
• Data led, comfortable using KPIs to make decisions and evidence results
• The patience and judgement to understand an operation fully before changing it
• Solid working knowledge of health, safety and environmental compliance on a regulated site, COMAH awareness an advantage
• Hands on and confident on an operational plant

This role is commutable from:

Ely, Chatteris, Cambridge, March, Huntingdon, St Ives, Newmarket, King's Lynn

Suited candidates previously hold roles such as:

Operations Manager, Plant Manager, Site Manager, Production Manager, Continuous Improvement Manager, Operational Excellence Manager, Engineering Manager, Reliability Manager, Asset Manager, Process Manager