Renewables Operations Manager

EMR Metal Recycling; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable resource management company in the UK seeks an Operations Manager for their Wind Turbine Processing Centre. This role involves supporting daily operations, managing projects, and improving processes related to wind turbine decommissioning. Ideal candidates will have a background in renewable energy projects and strong operational capabilities. Join a team focused on sustainability and circular economy initiatives.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Cycle to work scheme

25 days annual leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Wellbeing Scheme

Employee Support, including Life Assurance

24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in running or being involved with renewables or energy projects.
• Successful track record in project management with on-time delivery.
• Strong operational experience ideally with practical knowledge of wind turbines.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day operations at the Wind Turbine Processing Centre.
• Develop parts resale activities from decommissioned renewable assets.
• Manage operational responsibility for the Wind Turbine Processing Facility.
• Collaborate with colleagues to create best practices on recovered materials.
• Identify potential collaboration with businesses and institutions.

Skills

Hands-on experience in operations

Project management skills

Excellent facilitation skills

IT skills for Project Plans and Risk Assessments

Job description

Package Description

• Bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus each year you will have the option to buy and sell leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Wellbeing Scheme, provided through Health Shield, giving every colleague - and their dependents - unlimited access to GPs and counselling, as well as cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing treatment
• Employee Support to include Life Assurance and critical illness pay
• 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support - access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance
• Online savings- major retailers, utilities, entertainment plus many more!

About Our Opportunity

Are you currently working in wind, solar, or other renewables technologies, and ready for a new challenge? You may have been involved in the planning, construction, or service and maintenance of such assets; now you could be at the forefront of a new industry, where the resources and materials from renewables infrastructure are recovered and returned to the supply chain. EMR is driving a circular economy by offering sustainable decommissioning solutions for end-of-life renewable energy assets, including wind turbines, solar panels, and related infrastructure. We are delivering projects with some of the world\'s biggest renewables developers and operators. We are looking for someone who\'s ready to roll up their sleeves and grow with us. This is a varied role at our Wind Turbine Processing Centre in Glasgow, where you\'ll be involved in everything from receiving components to helping shape how we scale and shape our customer offering across the UK and beyond.

What You Will Be Doing

You will have a variety of responsibilities, and these include:

• Supporting day-to-day operations at our purpose-built Wind Turbine Processing Centre in Glasgow, including stock takes, parts recovery and storage
• Take responsibility for and further develop our parts resale activities at Wind Turbine Processing Centre. We have converted one of our warehouses to enable the reception, testing and storage of parts and components harvested from decommissioned renewable energy assets.
• Operational responsibility and involvement in Profit & Loss activities for the Wind Turbine Processing Facility;
• Initially undertaking operational activities whilst developing a blueprint for future expansion as our incoming volumes increase across the UK.
• Work closely with colleagues across EMR to create best practice and realise sustainable value from parts and components recovered from Renewable Energy assets
• Identify companies, organisations and learning institutions with whom we can actively collaborate to deliver industry leading customer orientated services;
• Further develop our Wind Turbine Blade Management activities covering reuse, repurposing and recycling including running pilot trials at our Wind Turbine Processing facility
• Assist in developing and tracking project plans from early stages through to completions, helping to identify resource needs and monitor project costs.

About You

Alongside a passion for renewables, ideal candidates will have experience of running, helping to run or being involved with renewables or energy projects, can demonstrate on time on cost project delivery with project planning and reporting capability. Candidates will have strong operational experience and ideally, good practical knowledge of wind turbines. Here are a few things that we\'re looking for:

• Hands-on experience in operations, engineering, renewables, or similar. Comfortable working on-site and getting involved with projects at different levels.
• You will have a successful track record within project management in a variety of project situations including successful delivery of large projects / change programmes and multiple projects.
• Excellent facilitation & coordination skills, including the ability to build relationships with clients and colleagues.
• IT skills to enable the Creation of Project Plans and Risk Assessments.

Who we are

Our purpose is to create a future where the materials we use don\'t need to be extracted from the planet.

At EMR, we give new life to unwanted materials. Every year, we recycle 10 million tonnes of metals and plastics, saving 19 million tonnes of carbon from entering the Earth\'s atmosphere, diverting waste from landfill and protecting resources and habitats.

We couldn\'t do any of this without our team members. In return for all they do, we do everything we can to create an environment of belonging, value, support and growth.

We\'re proud to have achieved Great Place To Work status, but it\'s about so much more than a badge. It\'s about being recognised by our people for the continuous work we do to do better for them:

The people who work here are from varied backgrounds and have a variety of beliefs, all of which are accepted and respected.

I\'m encouraged to keep a healthy work-life balance so that I can be performing at my best.

I\'ve been supported every step of the way in my career progression.

EMR offers a fantastic and inclusive environment; collaboration across the whole business, humility and hard work.

We couldn\'t do any of this without our team members. In return for all they do, we do everything we can to create an environment of belonging, value, support and growth, underpinned by our Company values of We Care and We Do.

• We Care
  • Integrity - our people are Respectful and Honest
  • Trust - our people are Collaborative and Genuine
• We Do
  • Accountable - our people are Determined and Responsible
  • Innovative - our people have a Growth Mind-set and are Progressive

If you want to be part of something bigger than yourself, have a role that really makes a difference and work with likeminded people towards the same purpose, click the link to apply.

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