Shift Team Leader

Thalia; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking waste management company as a Shift Team Leader, where you will oversee and inspire a dedicated team in a dynamic control room environment. This pivotal role focuses on maximizing energy production while upholding the highest health, safety, and environmental standards. You will lead operational excellence initiatives, foster teamwork, and drive performance improvements. With a commitment to innovation and sustainability, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact in the energy sector. If you're passionate about leading teams and contributing to a greener future, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Options

Training and Development Opportunities

Health and Safety Initiatives

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a supervisory role, ideally in Energy from Waste.
• Strong leadership and team-building abilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise Control Room teams, ensuring safe operations.
• Maximise energy production while adhering to safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Team Building

Organizational Skills

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Safety Compliance

Knowledge of Rotating Machinery

Commercial Processes Understanding

Education

Supervisory Management Training

NEBOSH Certification

Tools

Safety Documentation Management

Performance Monitoring Tools

Job description

Allerton Waste Recovery Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

Posted Monday 2 December 2024 at 01:00 | Expired Monday 9 December 2024 at 00:59

Thalia is seeking a Shift Team Leader to lead and supervise our Control Room teams, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable operations in line with our business strategy. In this role, you will oversee all plant and process-related matters, ensuring energy production is maximised while maintaining the highest health, safety, and environmental standards.

This role is key in driving operational excellence, creating a culture of teamwork, and contributing to the overall success of our waste-to-energy operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure production output is maximised while adhering to all health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Supervise and deliver tasks to agreed standards, timescales, and safety protocols.
• Provide leadership and direction to the production shift team, managing individual and team performance.
• Act as a Senior Authorised Person, managing all aspects of the Safe System of Work, including plant and apparatus release.
• Monitor the operational performance of the team, providing guidance, advice, and leadership.
• Conduct performance reviews, manage attendance, and oversee disciplinary procedures as required.
• Motivate team members, fostering a culture where individuals can contribute to their full potential.
• Provide and organise training to ensure the team remains competent and up to date with operational and safety procedures.
• Supervise Operations Technicians, offering technical advice and support during dynamic conditions such as unit start-up or trip.
• Manage safety documentation, including plant isolation, high-voltage switching, and issuing safety permits in line with Thalia Safety Rules.
• Maintain and optimise plant performance by identifying improvement areas and implementing solutions.
• Liaise with external stakeholders, such as Northern Power Grid, regarding power export/import levels.
• Take responsibility for monitoring rotating machinery, turbines, generators, and associated processes.
• Act as Emergency Controller, managing site emergencies safely and in line with local procedures.
• Produce detailed reports for any health, safety, environmental, or operational incidents.
• Support projects and initiatives aimed at improving plant efficiency and reliability.
• Participate in HSE forums and champion health, safety, and environmental initiatives.

Person Requirements

Qualifications:

• Supervisory Management training.
• NEBOSH

Skills and Experience:

• Strong leadership and team-building abilities.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Strong problem-solving and motivational skills.
• Effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills.
• Proven experience in a supervisory role, ideally within the Energy from Waste sector.
• Experience in Power Generation or Petrochemical industries may also be considered.
• Strong management skills with the ability to lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with a focus on achieving business objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills to foster collaboration.
• A commitment to safety and environmental compliance.
• Comprehensive understanding of commercial processes, plant operations, and maintenance requirements.
• Knowledge of rotating machinery, turbines, generators, and electrical distribution systems up to 33KV.

Our Business

At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value.

We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass-burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in-vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small-scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy. This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

Inclusion

At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to make sure we are an inclusive and diverse place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV, we’re focused on who you are, your skills and passion that can be brought to Thalia Waste Management. We know and understand that everyone is different and has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working and any adjustments that could be needed! We’ll do all that we can to support everyone from their first contact with us. For any support or adjustments needed through our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Allerton Waste Recovery Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom