Plant Manager - Biomass Power Station

ASTUTE Technical Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global O&M Contractor in the United Kingdom seeks a Plant Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of a biomass power station. The role involves ensuring compliance with legislation, managing a team, overseeing operational improvements, and taking financial responsibility for the plant. Candidates should have a degree in Engineering or relevant qualifications, along with significant management experience in power or process plants. Competitive salary and full benefits available.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Bonus opportunity

Pension

Full benefits available

Qualifications

• 5+ years of senior management experience in Power Station or Large Process Plant.
• Strong familiarity with Engineering standards and legislation.
• Experience tracking financial and operational KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations while ensuring compliance with legislation.
• Oversee plant improvement opportunities to increase availability.
• Develop and deliver O&M strategy, manage budgets and personnel.

Skills

Senior management experience

Leadership skills

Budget/Commercial experience

Education

Degree in a relevant Engineering field

HNC / HND / ONC

IOSH / NEBOSH or equivalent

Job description

Astute's Power Team are working with a leading global O&M Contractor who operate a fleet of Biomass and Energy from Waste facilities across the UK.

The Biomass Power Station in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, is capable of producing around 40MW of electricity, processing 250,000 tonnes of straw per year.

As Plant Manager, you will be responsible for the facilities day to day operations ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and performance against key contractual obligations.

Responsibilities and duties of the Plant Manager role

Reporting to the Project Director, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring that the facility is operated efficiently and that all performance targets are met or exceeded.
• Managing the site O&M team & third-party contractors, ensuring the plant is run in a safe & efficient manner, in compliance with all internal & external standards & legislation.
• Oversee plant improvement opportunities to increase plant availability and reduce ongoing costs.
• Development and delivery of the O&M strategy on site, including the implementation and execution of planned / unplanned maintenance activity, outages and day to day operations.
• Managing HSE, Quality and Environmental systems in accordance with OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
• Managing the site’s budgets and taking financial responsibility for the plant.
• Ensure that the businesses operating model is implemented across the facility.
• Tracking costs for capital project and outages.
• Managing and developing site personnel.
• Reporting on QHSE, Financial, Operations and Maintenance issues.

Professional qualifications

• Ideally qualified with a Degree in a relevant Engineering field.
• HNC / HND / ONC or similarly qualified candidates with relevant work experience will be welcome to apply.
• Ideally hold an IOSH / NEBOSH or equivalent in Health & Safety.
• HV SAP / High Voltage Authorised would be advantageous.

Personal skills

• At least 5 years senior management experience on a Power Station or Large Process Plant with Power / Steam Raising plant; Energy from Waste, Biomass, CCGT, CHP, Refinery, Petrochemical etc.
• Strong man-management and leadership skills with proven experience in successfully achieving plant KPI’s.
• Familiar with Engineering standards and legislation such as PSSR, LOLER, PUWER etc.
• Budget/Commercial/Strategic experience.

Salary and benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Bonus opportunity
• Pension
• Full benefits available

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.