Senior EfW Plant Manager | Lead Operations & Safety

RecruitME; Livingston; On-site; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

RecruitME is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee the safe, efficient operation of an energy from waste facility in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. You will lead a seasoned team, manage budgets and drive continuous improvement while ensuring regulatory compliance.

The role is site based, offering senior leadership responsibility, collaboration with maintenance, and a strong emphasis on health, safety and environmental standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive operational management experience in EfW, power generation or similar industrial process environment.
• Proven ability to lead teams and take responsibility for site performance.
• Strong technical knowledge of plant operations and maintenance, including steam boilers, turbines, generators and associated equipment.
• Experience managing health, safety, environmental and quality standards in a regulated setting.
• Working knowledge of operating procedures, permit to work systems and maintenance management systems.
• Experience managing budgets, monitoring KPIs and delivering continuous improvement.
• A relevant engineering qualification or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day plant operations, setting clear priorities and developing the site team.
• Drive a proactive health and safety culture, ensuring safe systems of work and permit procedures are followed.
• Manage environmental compliance and ensure operations meet permit requirements.
• Monitor plant availability, efficiency and contractual KPIs, taking action to improve performance.
• Prepare and manage operational budgets, forecast expenditure and control costs.
• Work with the maintenance team to plan preventative maintenance, shutdowns and annual outages.
• Coordinate responses to unplanned outages and support the safe return of equipment to service.
• Oversee incoming waste quality and quantity to maintain a consistent supply to the facility.
• Manage relationships with contractors, suppliers, regulators and other stakeholders.

Skills

Operational management

Team leadership

Plant operations knowledge

HSE/QA standards

Budgets & KPIs

Maintenance planning

Contractor and stakeholder mgmt

Education

Engineering qualification or equivalent

Job description

RecruitME is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee the safe, efficient operation of an energy from waste facility in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. You will lead a seasoned team, manage budgets and drive continuous improvement while ensuring regulatory compliance.

The role is site based, offering senior leadership responsibility, collaboration with maintenance, and a strong emphasis on health, safety and environmental standards.