Plant Manager - Energy from Waste Power Station

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

Job summary

A market-leading Energy company is seeking a Plant Manager for its modern Energy from Waste Power Station in Bicester, Oxfordshire. The role comes with a competitive salary of approximately £90,000 plus additional allowances and bonuses. The Plant Manager will oversee operations, manage staff, and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates should have a background in engineering and significant leadership experience in the energy sector. The position includes excellent benefits, promoting professional growth and training.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Location allowance

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Bonus

Other benefits

Qualifications

• Ideally qualified with a degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Prior senior management experience in engineering environments such as Power.
• Excellent leadership skills with proven experience in achieving plant KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure facility operates efficiently and meets performance targets.
• Manage site O&M team and third-party contractors.
• Oversee plant improvement opportunities and manage budgets.

Skills

Leadership skills

Budget management

Experience in heavy process engineering

Familiarity with engineering standards

Education

Relevant engineering degree

IOSH or NEBOSH qualification

Job description

Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for a Plant Manager to join their modern Energy from Waste Power Station in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

The vital Plant Manager role comes with a salary of c.90,000 + 2,694 location allowance per annum + car allowance + bonus + private healthcare + other benefits.

If you’re a Plant Manager, or experienced Operations/Engineering Manager, and are looking to work for a leading organisation who invests in training and professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

• Ensuring 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 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 QEHS, Financial, Operations and Maintenance issues.

Professional qualifications

• Ideally qualified with a degree in a relevant engineering field
• Would be highly beneficial to have an IOSH or NEBOSH Health and Safety Qualification

Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge

• Prior senior management experience within a heavy process engineering environment such as Power (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, Coal, etc), Refineries, Petrochemicals, COMAH sites, etc.
• Excellent 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 of the Plant Manager role

• c.90,000 basic salary
• 2,694 location allowance per annum
• Bonus
• Car allowance
• Private healthcare
• Other excellent benefits

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.